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Čtyři řeči o římské společnosti - dopady zrušení Oppiova sumptuárního zákona na repetundární zločiny u Tacita a Livia
| Title in English | Four speeches about Roman society impacts of Lex Oppia de sumptuaria abolition on Crimen repetundae described by Tacitius and Livius |
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta Iuridica Olomucensis |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Law sciences |
| Keywords | Rome; Roman law; leges sumptuarii; crimen repetundarum; not legal sources of law |
| Description | The present paper analyses four speeches that connect leges sumptuarii. The base is the Cato s speech against pride and profligacy of Roman matrons and rogatio of Tribun Lucius Valerius and Marcus Fundanius that propose abolition of lex Oppia de sumptuaria. The last speech is rogatio of Severus Caecina made 300 years later that connects the abolition of lex Oppia de sumptuaria with the liberalisation of manners of Roman matrons and he sees a direct parallel of luxury restriction abolition with crimen repetundarum (crime of extortion). |