Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire

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Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire is a scholarly monograph by historian Peter Garnsey that analyzes how law, class, and hierarchy structured rights and inequalities in Roman society.

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instanceOf historian
history book
non-fiction book
scholarly monograph
academicDiscipline Roman studies
ancient history
legal history
analyzes how legal categories reinforced social hierarchy in the Roman Empire
the interaction of imperial policy and local social structures
the legal disabilities of slaves and freedmen
the legal position of different status groups such as senators, equestrians, and commoners
the role of citizenship in access to legal rights
author Peter Garnsey NERFINISHED
contributesTo analysis of imperial governance and control through law
debates on the nature of Roman citizenship
scholarship on slavery in the Roman world
understanding of stratification in Roman society
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
fieldOfWork Roman history
ancient social history
focusesOn citizenship and non-citizenship in the Roman Empire
distribution of rights and obligations in Roman society
imperial administration and legal hierarchy
legal distinctions between different social groups
relationship between law and social class in the Roman Empire
slavery and freed status in Roman law
urban elites and local notables in the Roman Empire
genre academic history
hasPerspective social-historical analysis of Roman law
intendedAudience researchers in social history
scholars of Roman history
students of ancient law
language English
mainSubject Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Roman law NERFINISHED
inequality
legal privilege
social hierarchy
social status
notableFor integrating legal sources with social and economic evidence
systematic treatment of status and law in the Roman Empire
timePeriodCovered High Roman Empire NERFINISHED
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usesSourceType Roman legal texts
inscriptions
literary sources from the Roman period
workOf Peter Garnsey NERFINISHED

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Peter Garnsey notableWork Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire