THE DACIAN WAX TABLETS (TABULAE CERATAE) FROM ALBURNUS MAIOR: A PROVINCIAL TESTIMONY OF THE RELIABILITY OF METROPOLITAN LAW
THE DACIAN WAX TABLETS (TABULAE CERATAE) FROM ALBURNUS MAIOR: A PROVINCIAL TESTIMONY OF THE RELIABILITY OF METROPOLITAN LAW
Author(s): Valerius M. Ciucă, Bob Mircea DanSubject(s): Archaeology, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Cultural history, History of Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Law and Transitional Justice, Comparative history, Diplomatic history, Economic history, History of ideas, Gender history, Ancient World, Canon Law / Church Law, Philosophy of Law, EU-Legislation, Sociology of Law, Maritime Law, Commercial Law, Court case, Comparative Law, Administrative Law, Labour and Social Security Law, Roman law
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Roman Privince; Dacia; wax tablets of Alburnus Maior - tabulae ceratae Alburnense; vulgarisation of Roman Classical Law
Summary/Abstract: Dacia was, between 106 and 275 AD a Roman province , known under the surname of Dacia Felix. Our contribution takes advantage on a circumstance, at least as happy as the province was considered to be: the existence of the wax tablets of Alburnus Maior (nowadays Roșia Montană, in Alba County, Romania . Also known as Triptychs, some are valuable sources of historical and legal informations, while others simply record scenes of social life. Uncovered between 1786 and 1855 out of the former provincial golden mines, they are a priceless account of the way locals transplanted the Roman Classical Law. In fact, this very direct application of Roman Law in the Dacia province was, among other Transylvanian epigraphic testimonies , also demonstrated by these waxed tablets (tabulae ceratae Alburnense ). Those juridically relevant were studied by Romanian legal historians such as Ion Peretz, Ion Baltariu , Vladimir Hanga . Our purpose here is to give a brief account on how the vulgarisation of Roman Classical Law took place in this part of the Empire.
Journal: IUS ROMANUM
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 440-451
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English