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The Mother as Guardian of her Children in Rome and in the Oriental Provinces of the Empire
Gagliardi, Lorenzo
2017
Abstract
The author argues that the mother as guardian of her prepubescent children in Roman law existed since the second century CE and not since 390 CE, as maintained by most modern scholars. Moreover, both in Rome and in some Oriental provinces of the Roman Empire (there is evidence from Egypt and Arabia), in the classical period of Roman law the mother could act as administrator aiding the appointed guardian. In the Greek speaking provinces of the empire, the latter was called epakolouthetria. The author denies that the mother as administrator aiding the guardian in Rome and the provincial epakolouthetria are generically interrelated.
Part of
Legal Documents in Ancient Societies VI. Ancient Guardianship: Legal Incapacities in the Ancient World
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Lorenzo Gagliardi, "The Mother as Guardian of her Children in Rome and in the Oriental Provinces of the Empire", in "Legal Documents in Ancient Societies VI. Ancient Guardianship: Legal Incapacities in the Ancient World", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2017, pp. 221-242
Languages
en
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internazionale
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