PATRIMONIUM PRINCIPIS
PATRIMONIUM PRINCIPIS

Summary/Abstract: In the studies devoted to the changes the introduction of principate brought to the roman law and the roman comprehension of state, discussion of the legal nature of the princeps’ treasury (fiscus) and its property (patrimonium) has a significant place. The author reviews results achieved in the literature so far, and concludes that the problem can not be solved from the standpoint of the classical Roman law, because the very position of princeps was hard enough to synchronize with the traditional Roman understanding of the state. Moreover, this position was legally upgraded by the principes themselves, often with the violation of traditional boundaries of public and private spheres. Internal organization of the imperial domains has additionally contributed to this, being systematically constructed as an autonomous legal space isolated from the classical principles of law.

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