Status in Roman legal system
Videos
In Roman law, status describes a person's legal status. The individual could be a Roman citizen, unlike foreigners; or he could be free, unlike slaves; or he could have a certain position in a Roman f
A fresco portrait of a man holding a papyrus roll, Pompeii, Italy, 1st century AD
Roman law
Videos
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables, to the Corpus Juris Civilis ordered by Eastern
Status in Roman legal system
…In Roman law, status describes a person's legal status. The individual could be a Roman citizen (status civitatis), unlike foreigners; or he could be free (status…
Title page of a late 16th-century edition of the Digesta, part of Emperor Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis