Final judgments : duty and emotion in Roman wills, 200 B.C.-A.D. 250 /
Freed from the familial and social obligations incumbent on the living, the Roman testator could craft his will to be a literal ""last judgment"" on family, friends, and society. The Romans were fascinated by the contents of wills, believing the will to be a mirror of the testato...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
©1991.
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| Online adgang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2392265 |
| Summary: | Freed from the familial and social obligations incumbent on the living, the Roman testator could craft his will to be a literal ""last judgment"" on family, friends, and society. The Romans were fascinated by the contents of wills, believing the will to be a mirror of the testator's true character and opinions. The wills offer us a unique view of the individual Roman testator's world. Just as classicists, ancient historians, and legal historians will find a mi. |
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| Fysisk beskrivelse: | 1 online resource (xi, 217 pages) |
| Bibliografi: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520910393 0520910397 0585139687 9780585139685 0520071034 |