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An innovative work that traces the development of the public works, services and specialised law that was needed to maintain and run Ancient Rome. The book incorporates and develops previous historical and topographical research.

Using Roman literary and legal sources, this text assesses Roman penal policy through an in-depth examination of six high-profile criminal cases, ranging from the Bacchanalian trials in 186 BC to the trials for treason and magic in the fourth century.

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The notion and understanding of law penetrated society in Ancient Rome to a degree unparalleled in modern times. "Sources of Roman Law" addresses four central questions: Who made the law? Where did a Roman go to discover what the law was? How the law survived to be known to us today? And what procedures were there for putting the law into effect? O.F. Robinson describes the origins of law and their relative weight in the light of developing Ro...

Although the Romans lived in a society very different from ours, they were like us in fearing crime and in hoping to control it by means of the law. Ordinary citizens wanted protection from muggers in the streets or thieves at the public baths. They demanded laws to punish officials who abused power or embezzled public monies. Even emperors, who feared plotters and wanted to repress subversive ideas and doctrines, looked to the law for protect...