Roman Law and Latin Literature

This volume offers a long overdue appraisal of the dynamic interactions between Roman law and Latin literature. Despite there being periods of massive tectonic shifts in the legal and literary landscapes, the Republic and Empire of Rome have not until now been the focus of interdisciplinary study in this field. This volume brings vital new material to the attention of the law and literature movement.

An interdisciplinary approach is at the heart of this volume: specialists in Roman law rarely engage in constructive dialogue with specialists in Latin literature and vice versa but this volume bridges that divide. It shows how literary scholars are eager to examine the importance of law in literature or the juridical nature of Latin literature, while Romanists are ready to embrace the interactions between literary and legal discourse. This collection capitalizes on the opportunity to open a fruitful dialogue between scholars of Latin literature and Roman law and thus makes a major, much-needed contribution to the growing field of law and literature.

Author: Ioannis Ziogas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 11/30/2023
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781350276673
ISBN10: 1350276677
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient | Rome
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical
- Law | Legal History

About the Author

Ioannis Ziogas is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University, UK. He is the author of Law and Love in Ovid (2021).

Erica Bexley is Associate Professor of Classics at Durham University, UK. She is the author of Seneca's Characters: Fictional Identities and Implied Human Selves (2022).