Completed projects

This project develops a new approach that combines longitudinal historical analysis with an innovative interdisciplinary theoretical framework to show how traditions formed constraints in presenting Roman rule. This will make it possible to recognize the multidimensional framework within which Roman rulership took shape. The project covers the period from 50 BCE to 565 CE, thus including the beginning of imperial power, major transformations, and the last attempt to Roman re-unification.

This research project examines the legal history of pignus and hypotheca in terms of an iterative relationship between transactional lawyers drafting legal transactions and Roman jurisprudence deploying its analytical skills in order to accommodate new transactional practices into the Roman legal system.