INTRODUCTION 1
1.KILLING AND THE KING 9
2.POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH 23
3.KILLING AND THE LAW, 509-450 B.C.E. 53
4.MURDER WAS NOT A CRIME, 449-81 B.C.E. 67
5.CAPITAL JURISDICTION, 449-81 B.C.E. 90
6.LICENSE TO KILL 109
7.CENTRALIZATION OF POWER AND SULLAN AMBIGUITY 126
EPILOGUE 141
NOTES 143
BIBLIOGRAPHY 181
INDEX 191