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Location of trial in fifth-century Rome
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(11-18-2016, 12:39 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote: Trials could have taken place in any public space, it seems - this note about late antique lawcourts as 'non-architectural spaces' is specifically about provincial governors, but would probably cover trials in Rome as well. It might be worth checking up the Luke Lavan paper mentioned by the author.

There are suggestions that the old Temple of Peace in the Forum (where the forma urbis was exhibited) may have functioned as the office or audience chamber of the praefectus urbis, so perhaps he could have conducted trials there. This passage relates to the 1st/2nd century, and suggests the general area of the Temple, or perhaps (in the pages following) in the Forum of Trajan, which is mentioned as a place of law in the Theodosian Code; things may not have changed by the 5th century!

Great response! Thanks so much Smile
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RE: Location of trial in fifth-century Rome - by Anahita Hoose - 11-19-2016, 09:02 PM

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