Locrian Epizephyrian law code

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ancient Greek law code legal code

The Locrian Epizephyrian law code is an early and highly influential set of Greek laws from the colony of Epizephyrian Locri, renowned for its strictness, complexity, and impact on later legal traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Locrian Epizephyrian law code canonical 1
laws of Locri Epizephyrii 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek law code ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
aimedAt maintaining social order ⓘ
preventing political instability ⓘ
regulating moral behavior ⓘ
appliesTo citizens of Epizephyrian Locri ⓘ
country Magna Graecia ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
describedIn ancient literary sources ⓘ
hasCharacteristic codification of customary norms ⓘ
detailed regulation of social conduct ⓘ
emphasis on deterrence ⓘ
highly formalized procedures ⓘ
severe penalties ⓘ
hasType city-state law code ⓘ
historicalReputation model of rigor in Greek legal culture ⓘ
one of the earliest comprehensive Greek law codes ⓘ
influenced Roman legal tradition ⓘ
later Greek legal thought ⓘ
knownFor complexity ⓘ
influence on later legal traditions ⓘ
strictness ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
legalDomain civil law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
property law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
legalPrinciple fixed penalties for specific offenses ⓘ
publicly known written laws ⓘ
rule of law over arbitrary rule ⓘ
legalSystemOf Locri Epizephyrii ⓘ
surface form: Epizephyrian Locri
locatedInPresentDay Calabria ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
partOf Greek law tradition ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Locri Epizephyrii ⓘ
surface form: Epizephyrian Locri
regulates adultery ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
homicide ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
property ownership ⓘ
public offenses ⓘ
theft ⓘ
studiedIn classical legal history ⓘ
comparative law ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ

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Locrians → legalTraditionInfluenced → Locrian Epizephyrian law code ⓘ
Zaleucus → notableFor → Locrian Epizephyrian law code ⓘ
this entity surface form: laws of Locri Epizephyrii