WHAT’S HISTORY OF CRIME AND ITS REPRESSION IN ROMAN ANTIQUITY? SOURCES AND PERSPECTIVES Cover Image

КАКВА Е ИСТОРИЯТА НА ПРЕСТЪПНОСТТА И НЕЙНОТО РЕПРЕСИРАНЕ В РИМСКАТА АНТИЧНОСТ? ИЗВОРИ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ
WHAT’S HISTORY OF CRIME AND ITS REPRESSION IN ROMAN ANTIQUITY? SOURCES AND PERSPECTIVES

Author(s): Hélène Ménard
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, International Law, Roman law
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Roman history; Roman Empire; criminality; penal sanctions; archaeology; astrology; curse tablets

Summary/Abstract: The history of crime is a relatively recent field of research in ancient history, with its own specificities due to gaps in documentation. The aim here, therefore, is not to paint a hypothetical picture of crime and its repression in any period of Roman antiquity, but rather to outline a few current trends in research, notably through the exploitation of hitherto under-exploited sources (from archaeological to epigraphic sources - notably curse tablets and graffiti and papyri). It's also an interdisciplinary approach that focuses on the perceptions of the Romans themselves.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 129-142
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bulgarian