KATEGORIE WIEKU W PRAWIE RZYMSKIM OKRESU KRÓLEWSKIEGO
AGE CATEGORIES IN ROMAN LAW DURING THE KINGDOM PERIOD

Summary/Abstract: The royal period of Rome was not only a period of the oldest political system, but it was also the time of molding Roman law, called the archaic law. An exploratory material from the aforementioned period is more than limited, closed in a small collection of kings’ statutes and subsidiary non-legal sources. The aim of this article is to investigate – despite the lack of research sources – age categories and their significance in the legal field. In the oldest Roman law two age categories were distinguished: 3 years in the private law and 50 years in the public law. The first of the indicated categories, determined the childhood period and ensued precise consequences for a child and for its parents. The second category determined an age census for being eligible for some religious and public functions.

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