Being a Roman citizen

by Gardner, Jane F.

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Title Statements

Full title :Being a Roman citizen / Jane F. Gardner.

Summary

"This is a book about Roman law for Roman historians. It reveals that the rules stated baldly in legal textbooks had a real and active function in maintaining the fabric of Roman society. As well as references to legal texts and literary sources, it makes use of epigraphic material, including recent finds in Italy and Spain, and of significant finds from Pompeii which show law in action in the commercial life of Puteoli." "The rights and duties of Roman citizens in private life were affected by certain basic differences in their formal status. Women, ex-slaves, adults with living fathers, convicted criminals, play-actors - even the blind, deaf and dumb, and the mentally ill - although all were citizens, they were far from having equal legal rights and capacities. Jane F. Gardner examines in detail what the particular legal disabilities were which affected each group and also what the practical implications of these were for the conduct of daily life. She also considers whether and how they may be related to the distinctively Roman institution of patria potestas, and to direct personal participation and interaction, which was a requirement for most transactions with legal consequences for persons and property." "In Being a Roman Citizen Jane F. Gardner sheds new light on Roman citizenship and challenges common assumptions about the reasons for discrimination between individuals and about the social attitudes implied."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1993.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1993.

Notes

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 11 juillet 2008).

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (vii, 244 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9786610331079, 6610331073
oclc:ocn300351174
LC Classification:KJA2930
Dewey Decimal:340.5/9

Subjects

Capacity and disability (Roman law) Citizenship -- Rome Citoyenneté -- Rome Droit romain -- Ouvrages de vulgarisati… e-books Incapacité (Droit romain) Livres numériques Manners and customs Popular works Ressources Internet Roman law Roman law -- Popular works Rome -- Moeurs et coutumes Rome -- Social life and customs Rome (Empire)