04-18-2009, 08:42 PM
I´m sorry, but I´m quite sure, the Roman name- and adoption- system were very formal, roman laws were very precise (as you can see in Mommsen´s work). Actually I think Roman law is one of the most precise and formal systems of the whole mankind. So the adoption was in every case connected with the change of name.
Why should Scipio Africanus be the exception? He was a successfull "normal" general of the republic, it doesnt make sence for him to break the laws for nothing.
Augustus/ Octavian was in very many things one exception, he introduced a new era, he was homo novus, he got adopted, was son of a dictator, fought against Marc Antony, destroyed the whole republic etc etc...
So I´m very sure, the one who is the exception is Augustus and not Scipio in the middle of the republic whithout reason.
Why should Scipio Africanus be the exception? He was a successfull "normal" general of the republic, it doesnt make sence for him to break the laws for nothing.
Augustus/ Octavian was in very many things one exception, he introduced a new era, he was homo novus, he got adopted, was son of a dictator, fought against Marc Antony, destroyed the whole republic etc etc...
So I´m very sure, the one who is the exception is Augustus and not Scipio in the middle of the republic whithout reason.
Robinson Krämer
a.k.a
Lucius Rabirius
Lykios Polystratou
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"quis porro (...) Asia aut Africa aut Italia relicta Germaniam peteret, informem terris, asperam caelo, tristem cultu aspectuque, nisi si patria sit?" - Tacitus, Germania II
a.k.a
Lucius Rabirius
Lykios Polystratou
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.flavii.de">http://www.flavii.de
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.hetairoi.de">http://www.hetairoi.de
"quis porro (...) Asia aut Africa aut Italia relicta Germaniam peteret, informem terris, asperam caelo, tristem cultu aspectuque, nisi si patria sit?" - Tacitus, Germania II
