Roman Declamation, Roman Law, and Ancient Legal Medicine: the Case of veneficium
Abstract This paper discusses the Roman legal treatment of poisoning, grounded on the lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis (81 BCE), through the lens of school forensic declamations (controversiae). Sections 1-4 set the context and address key methodological issues. Section 5, the core of the rese...
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LED Edizioni Universitarie
2023-10-01
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| Series: | Rivista di Diritto Romano |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Rivista-diritto-romano/article/view/5520 |