Law in the Roman Provinces
Kimberley Czajkowski, Benedikt Eckhardt, and Meret Strothmann
Abstract
The study of the Roman empire has changed dramatically in the last century. Emphasis is now placed on understanding the experiences of subject populations, rather than focusing solely on the Roman imperial elites. Local experiences, and interactions between periphery and centre are an intrinsic component in our picture of the empire’s function over and against the earlier, top-down model. But where does law fit in to this new, decentralized picture of empire? This volume brings together internationally renowned scholars from legal and historical backgrounds to study the operation of law in eac ... More
The study of the Roman empire has changed dramatically in the last century. Emphasis is now placed on understanding the experiences of subject populations, rather than focusing solely on the Roman imperial elites. Local experiences, and interactions between periphery and centre are an intrinsic component in our picture of the empire’s function over and against the earlier, top-down model. But where does law fit in to this new, decentralized picture of empire? This volume brings together internationally renowned scholars from legal and historical backgrounds to study the operation of law in each region of the empire from the first century BCE to the end of the third century CE. Regional variation and specificity is explored alongside the emergence of common themes and activities by historical agents. When brought together, a new understanding of law in the Roman empire emerges that balances the practicalities of regional variation with the ideological construct of law and empire.
Keywords:
Roman empire,
Romanization,
law,
provinces,
Roman history,
Roman law
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2020 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198844082 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: July 2020 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198844082.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Kimberley Czajkowski, editor
Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Edinburgh
Benedikt Eckhardt, editor
Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Edinburgh
Meret Strothmann, editor
Lecturer in Ancient History, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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