Trials with religious and political charges from the Principate to the Dominate
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Year of publication | 2012 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Graeco-Latina Brunensia |
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Web | Digital Library of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University |
Field | History |
Keywords | Principate; Dominate; political trials; magic; political soothsaying; crimen maiestatis |
Description | The aim of the paper is an analysis of different aspects of judicial trials in imperial Rome with a close relationship both to religion and to politics which include charges of fortune-telling and sorcery. All the aspects are dealt considering supposed changes that occurred during the transition from the Principate to the Dominate. |
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