ASCLEPIODOTA’S INHERITANCE. IMPERIAL JUSTICE RESPONDING TO A WOMAN’S REQUEST Cover Image

ASCLEPIODOTA’S INHERITANCE. IMPERIAL JUSTICE RESPONDING TO A WOMAN’S REQUEST
ASCLEPIODOTA’S INHERITANCE. IMPERIAL JUSTICE RESPONDING TO A WOMAN’S REQUEST

Author(s): Iole Fargnoli
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, EU-Legislation, Roman law
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: women; justice; Justinian Code; inheritance

Summary/Abstract: Two rescripts on inheritance matters, preserved under different titles in the Justinian Codex, C.6.36.2 and C. 6.58.3, have the peculiarity of being both addressed to a woman named Asclepiodota. The contribution examines the question of the possible identity of the two addressees in the light of their temporal proximity and the rarity of the addressee's name in the Latin sources, while dwelling on the complex historical framework of the mid-3rd century in which the two hereditary disputes are set.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 380-392
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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