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Document Details : Title: The Proclamation of Non-Defective Slaves and the Curule Aediles' Edict Subtitle: Some Epigraphic and Iconographic Evidence from Capua Author(s): HUGHES, L.A. Journal: Ancient Society Volume: 36 Date: 2006 Pages: 239-261 DOI: 10.2143/AS.36.0.2017837 Abstract : A funerary monument from Capua (Museo Campano, Inv. 70) belonging to a familia of former slaves named the Publilii provides a rare glimpse of the visual presentation of the proclamation of defects found in the Edict of the Curule Aediles. The iconographic representation on the monument becomes more than just a simple reference to the deceased’s occupation. Rather, it is a visual testament for the passer-by that this familia of former slaves were well aware of the legal procedures involved in the sale of slaves and they saw to it that these procedures were memorialized for posterity. ln broader terms, this paper will show how both the legal and literary sources have distorted, in part, our knowledge of certain social groups in the Roman world, and, conversely, how Roman art can help to reconstruct a social context for the transmission of Roman law. |
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