HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Justinian I, Pontifex Maximus, Imperium
13 Nov 2020
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Main periods: kingdom, republic, and empire smaller periods of important for dev of law: later republic, early empire, the reign of. Rome started as a monarchy with a rex rex with imperium, state power and advised by senatus, council composed of elderly, experienced men. Judicial system: revolved around the king and the collegium of high priests innovations in the field of law: cooperative effort of the rex, senatus and collegium. 510 bc: ousting of tarquinius superbus the last etruscan king: fas and ius. Archaic roman law of the regal period & early republic intertwined with religion oldest core of roman law: traditional morals & customs (mos maiorum) rules relating to natural order god & men, willed by the gods: fas: Governing the relationship between gods & men. Nefas (taboo): anything running counter to those rules and disrupting the harmony: ius: iniuria ( injury/wrong"): commitment by breaking these rules ius - originally only governed the relations between members of different gentes,
