Roman Law
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
This course deals with the study of the intersections of the sport with the law in ancient Rome.
Expected learning outcomes
- the knowledge of the fundamental institutions of Roman private law and the ability to understand all the principles implied by it;
- the ability to elaborate the acquired notions, with reference to the reading of passages with Roman legal cases;
- independence of judgment, and personal interpretation;
- the use of an appropriate legal language;
- an aptitude to continue further studies.
- the ability to elaborate the acquired notions, with reference to the reading of passages with Roman legal cases;
- independence of judgment, and personal interpretation;
- the use of an appropriate legal language;
- an aptitude to continue further studies.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The analysis of legal texts on gladiatorial games, races, javelin throwing and other sports intends to detect the connections in ancient Rome between the sport and the law, and to detect how the sport not only was - and still is - conceived as a competition, but also played the function of a show. The course will make use of the AILexA software for the study of the passages of the Digesto on the subject of liability ex lege Aquiliae for damage caused during the exercise of sporting activity.
Prerequisites for admission
6 credits in disciplinary sector IUS/18
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures
Teaching Resources
For the students who have attended the lectures:
I. Fargnoli, Tra competizione e spettacolo. Sport e diritto in età romana, LED Edizioni universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto Milano 2025 (ongoing publication).
For the students who have not attended the lectures the program it is a critical and reconstructive analysis of the legal and literary sources on food and diet in ancient Rome:
1) I. Fargnoli, I piaceri della tavola di Roma antica. Tra alimentazione e diritto, Giappichelli, Torino 2021, second edition.
2) From A. Palma a cura di, Il diritto romano dopo Roma. Attraverso le modernità, second edition, Torino 2023 the pages 81-111, 112-182, 215-269.
I. Fargnoli, Tra competizione e spettacolo. Sport e diritto in età romana, LED Edizioni universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto Milano 2025 (ongoing publication).
For the students who have not attended the lectures the program it is a critical and reconstructive analysis of the legal and literary sources on food and diet in ancient Rome:
1) I. Fargnoli, I piaceri della tavola di Roma antica. Tra alimentazione e diritto, Giappichelli, Torino 2021, second edition.
2) From A. Palma a cura di, Il diritto romano dopo Roma. Attraverso le modernità, second edition, Torino 2023 the pages 81-111, 112-182, 215-269.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Oral examination
IUS/18 - ROMAN AND ANCIENT LAW - University credits: 6
Lessons: 42 hours
Professors:
Fargnoli Iole, Lo Iacono Sabrina
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