DIPLOMAŢIA ŞI RELAŢIILE INTERNAŢIONALE ÎN ROMA ANTICĂ. ŞCOALA DIPLOMATICĂ ROMANĂ
Diplomacy and International Relations in Ancient Rome. The Roman Diplomatic School

Summary/Abstract: Roman Royalty, Republic and Empire represented a State that had to meet two major requirements: to drive down a large territory, with a large number of individuals of different cultures and languages and ability to lead a conglomeration of ethnic groups, populations and nations. Rome’s policy was based on force, conquest and domination. Thus, Rome had rarely led negotiations and Roman diplomacy suffered from stiffness, lack of imagination and, according to some authors, even primitivism. Roman diplomacy was guided by the principle “divide et impera” (divide and conquer). In this way, the Romans managed to defeat enemy nations with superior civilization, but lacking the spirit of political unity, such as the Etruscans and Greeks. With all primitivism and formalism of Roman diplomacy, the Romans have left us that “jus gentium” which is the origin of international law.

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