Law school of Alexandria
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The Law school of Alexandria was an influential center of legal scholarship in ancient Alexandria, known for its role in the development and teaching of Roman and Hellenistic law.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Law school of Alexandria canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient law school
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center of legal scholarship ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alexandrian scholarly tradition
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teaching of professional advocates ⓘ |
| educatedIn |
Hellenistic law
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Roman law ⓘ jurisprudence ⓘ legal interpretation ⓘ legal procedure ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
civil law
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legal hermeneutics ⓘ procedural law ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Late Antiquity
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Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| hadFunction |
commentary on legal texts
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systematic exposition of Roman law ⓘ training in legal practice ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
important for transmission of Roman law in the East
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influential center of legal learning in antiquity ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
cosmopolitan port city of Alexandria
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interaction of Greek and Roman legal cultures ⓘ |
| influenced |
Byzantine legal scholarship
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Eastern Mediterranean legal practice ⓘ interpretation of Roman law in the East ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexandrian philosophical schools
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Hellenistic legal traditions ⓘ Roman juristic writings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alexandria
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Egypt ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hellenistic legal tradition
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intellectual life of Alexandria ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Eastern Roman provinces
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Egypt ⓘ |
| taught |
advocates
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future judges ⓘ legal scribes ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Greek
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Latin ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Law School of Berytus