Ateneo - UPO

The course will focus on the history and evolution of the Roman Public Law, from its origins to Justinian, with particular attention to the formation and evolution of the constitutional structures of the civitas, the production of Law and criminal repression.

The examination will have to be prepared on one the following two texts, of the student's choice. The chosen text should be studied in its entirety: F. ARCARIA - O. LICANDRO, Diritto romano. I. Storia costituzionale di Roma, Giappichelli, Torino, 2014. Or: P. BUONGIORNO - M. VARVARO, Percorsi di storia del diritto romano, ESI, 2024 Attending students will also study the additional text to be agreed for the drafting of the final report.

Knowledge of the history and evolution of the Roman Public Law, from its origins to Justinian, with particular attention to the formation and evolution of the constitutional structures of the civitas, the production of Law and criminal repression

None, although a prior review of the Roman History curriculum as resulting from any high school textbook will certainly be helpful.

Frontal lessons. The course will be conducted in a seminar format, and lead to insights on specific topics identified by mutual agreement with the interested students, which will in any case required to draft of a final written report.

In order to enrich the educational offer of the course also giving the right space at the professional dimension, it will be provided the testimony of a person applying the law (lawyer, judge, notary or company lawyer) who will explain in practical terms what it means today to be applying the law. Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/servicesstudents-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

In the final examination will be evaluated the acquisition of knowledge and skills expected at the end of the course, using an interrogation takes of about twenty minutes. The drafting of the written report will contribute into the evaluation of the attending students, adding to their oral exposure.

The Age of the Origins: Birth of Rome. The city and the Kings. The Etruscan Monarchy in the Roman Tradition. The Servian Reform. Fall of the Monarchy and establishment of the Republic. The first ius, knowledge of the Pontiffs, the paradigm of the responsum. Hypothesis of the first written Laws. The Age of the Republic: the constitution of the Roman Republic. The Origins of the Consulate. The emergence of the conflict between patricians and plebeians. The Twelve Tables: Legislative decemvirate the patrician-plebeian compromise, the ‘pontifical revenge’. The structure of the Respublica: the Republican Magistrates, the Popular Assemblies, the Republican Senate. The eclipse of the Pontiffs. People and laws, magistrates and edicts. The organization forms of Roman rule in Italy and the Mediterranean. The ‘scientific revolution’. The crisis of the Republican Constitution: the Social War to Sulla, Pompey and Caesar. The Age of the Principate: Octavian and the evolution of its power. Ius publice respondendi, the main features of the Jurisprudence of the Principate. The schools of Sabiniani and Proculiani. The vicissitudes of Imperial Power since the end of Augustus to that of the Julio- Claudian. Since the advent of the Flavii to the disappearance of Adriano. From the Age of Antonini to that of Severi. The jurisprudence in the Age of the Severi. The Law product from by the comitia, the Senate, the magistrates and the prince, the consilia principum. Italy’s government and the provinces, the imperial finances. From the Principate of Absolute Monarchy. Late Ancient Age: End of the Dynasty of Severi and Empire Crushing. Hellenized Christianity, Diocletian, Constantine, by Valentinian to Theodosius I. The Eastern Empire between V and VI century. The age of Justinian. The criminal repression.

Knowledge of the history and evolution of Roman public law, from its origins to Justinian.