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The paper outlines the historical context in which, during the First World War, the Romanian Legion in Italy was created in June 1918, at Avezzano. Led by Brigadier General Vittorio Zuppelli, the Legion consisted of Romanian prisoners of war who had previously belonged to the Austro- Hungarian army. The three Romanian companies integrated into the Italian army distinguished themselves in the battles that led to the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian forces and brought about the end of the war. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The lex agraria epigrafica (111 BC), governing the status of land in Italy (FIRA 1.103 s.) contains the complex phrase ager publicus populi Romani. The concept of ager publicus, in the sense of 'land of the res publica', and, in a democratic sense, as 'land of the people', may have been established during the three generations of the Scipios and the Gracchi. It was perhaps drafted by the 'Group of the Scipios'. The ideological concept of res publica, which corresponds to the lexical designation terra Italia, can probably be dated around the time of Cato. The term poplicus (cf. populus: 'able to carry arms') may have been used on historical grounds, because land taken by the Romans during the Republican era had been conquered by the army and was thus viewed as a form of war-booty. On the other hand, the expression ager poplicus populi Romani in the text of 111 BC, as a double syntax, may be explained by the incorporation of the concepts both of res publica and of ager publicus into the legal language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]