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When the legions departed, the neatly defined "civitates" quickly frayed as rivalries resurfaced.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2014

Some favoured states like Athens and Sparta retained their full sovereign rights as civitates liberae, the other cities continued to enjoy local self-government.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The towns which had fought on the side of the Romans during the Third Punic War were declared civitates liberae, and became exceedingly prosperous.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Synhedrio incubuit vias ad civitates hasee accommodare eas dilatando, atque omne offendiculum in quod titubare aut impingere posses amovendo. 

From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James

Quod privatus a populo petit, aut populus a privato, senatus ex aliqua civitate, qui judicet, datur, cui alternoe civitates rejectoe sunt.

From The Commonwealth of Oceana by Harrington, James