This pathfinding study looks at how homicide was treated in Roman law from the Roman monarchy through the dictatorship of Sulla (ca. 753-79 BC) to show how criminal law can reveal important aspects of the nature and evolution of political power.
Judy E. Gaughan teaches at Colorado State University.
Overall, this is an enjoyable and well-researched work, which
offers an interesting hypothesis that I hope will be a useful
addition to the wider debate on Roman law. As stated above,
however, one of its greatest strengths is its consideration of the
wider implications of homicide in Roman society. Accordingly, it
sheds a fascinating new light on the wider issues of power in the
republican period and beyond.
*Bryn Mawr Classical Review*
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