The performance of justice in imperial Latin literature
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation investigates the trial scene as a literary topos in early Imperial Latin Literature and how this topos reflects significant changes to the Roman legal system under the emperors. While past scholars have used historical and juristic sources to document what these changes to Roman law were, my dissertation analyzes literary evidence to understand how these changes were viewed by imperial authors. I argue that changes to the legal system are not only manifested in Latin literature but also that a study of the literature can help us better understand the cultural and societal impacts of changes to judicial procedure. Through the analysis and historical contextualization of trial scenes depicted in literature, I assert that imperial authors overwhelmingly represent the emperor in his role as judge (princeps iudex), and I assess accordingly the implications that this new source of legal authority has for a Roman understanding of truth and justice. More broadly, my research aims to bridge the gap between the study of Roman law and Latin literature by revealing that both disciplines evaluate how the Romans engaged in acts of truthseeking and of truthmaking.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Copyright date | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2010, c2011; 2010 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Aftosmis, Kathryn Balsley |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Classics |
| Primary advisor | Barchiesi, Alessandro |
| Primary advisor | Braund, Susanna Morton |
| Thesis advisor | Barchiesi, Alessandro |
| Thesis advisor | Braund, Susanna Morton |
| Thesis advisor | Kaesser, Christian, 1978- |
| Advisor | Kaesser, Christian, 1978- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Kathryn Balsley Aftosmis. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Classics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2011. |
| Location | electronic resource |
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- Copyright
- © 2011 by Kathryn Balsley Aftosmis
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