COM 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aristocracy, Main Source, Tarpeian Rock
5 Apr 2017
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Freedom in the age of faith: freedom in the age of faith, complete freedom of expression parrh sia lasted some 100 years in athens. After athens, control of expression by the state increased everywhere: roman laws: Lex maiestatis: perduello refined by julius cesar. Tightened by augustus to punish (fines) speech critical of the empire or the emperor. It led to book burnings and the execution of writers from the tarpeian rock. Libellis famosus: initially punished libels of patricians ; later changed to punish any criticism of the ruling class: these laws would be modified and strengthened during the age of faith. The concept of sedition (remember the code of hammurabi?) was broadened to include speech. Seditious expression: to the jurisdiction of state laws. Blasphemy: to the jurisdiction of ecclesiastical law. Slander (to protect the integrity of society and the soul of man) also in the jurisdiction of ecclesiastical law: political and social structure, class divisions:
