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Subject(s)

• Justice, Administration of—Rome [Browse]
• Courts—Rome [Browse]
• Lawyers—Rome [Browse]
• Justice, Administration of (Roman law) [Browse]

Series

Routledge monographs in classical studies. [More in this series]

Summary note

What would you see if you attended a trial in a courtroom in the early Roman empire? What was the behaviour of litigants, advocates, judges and audience? It was customary for Roman individuals out of general interest to attend the various courts held in public places in the city centre and as such the Roman courts held an important position in the Roman community on a sociological level as well as a letigious one.This book considers many aspects of Roman courts in the first two centuries AD, both civil and criminal, and illuminates the interaction of Romans of every social gro

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-263) and indexes.

Language note

English

Contents

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE LOCATION OF LEGAL ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY OF ROME; 2 RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN COURTROOM; 3 THE LITIGANT; 4 THE JUDGE; 5 THE AUDIENCE; 6 THE ADVOCATE; 7 THE ADVOCATE'S ROLE OUTSIDE AND IN THE COURTROOM; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX LOCORUM; SUBJECT INDEX

ISBN

• 0-415-42761-4
• 1-134-08999-6
• 1-280-91838-1
• 9786610918386
• 0-203-94677-4
• 9780203946770

OCLC

• 476090842
• 900477023

Doi

10.4324/9780203946770

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