Perduellio
Perduellio ( lat. Per duellum , dt. High treason) is the term used in Roman criminal law for hostile acts, especially by incumbents against the Roman community.
The exact criminal offense is unclear, the acts against the community are not defined. Perduellio is part of the Twelve Tables law and was sentenced to death . It can be assumed that Perduellio has been the subject of public prosecution since the early days of the Republic . The accused was able to evade conviction by self-exile.
A special case of the Perduellio is the procedure brought against the aged Senator Rabirius under Caesar's direction . Caesar wanted to set a precedent to get rid of domestic political opponents.
literature
- Christian Reinhold Köstlin : The Perduellio under the Roman kings. Verlag der H. Laupp'schen Buchhandlung, Tübingen 1841, ( digitized ).
- Klaus Tietz: Perduellio and Maiestas. A legal historical investigation with special consideration of the life and work of Benedikt Carpzov. 1936, (Halle-Wittenberg, University, dissertation, 1936).
- Christoph Heinrich Brecht : Perduellio. A study of its conceptual delimitation in Roman criminal law up to the end of the republic (= Munich contributions to papyrus research and ancient legal history. Issue 29, ISSN 0936-3718 ). Beck, Munich 1938, (at the same time: Munich, university, dissertation, 1937).
- Giuseppe Grosso: Provocatio per la perduellio, provocatio sacramento e ordalia. In: Bullettino dell'Istituto di Diritto Romano Vittorio Scialoja. Vol. 63 = Ser. 3, Vol. 2, 1960, ZDB -ID 213721-5 , pp. 213-220.
- Andreas Pesch: De perduellione, crimine maiestatis et memoria damnata. Shaker, Aachen 1995, ISBN 3-8265-0583-2 (also: Trier, Universität, Dissertation, 1993).
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Kunkel / Roland Wittmann : State order and state practice of the Roman Republic. Second section: The magistrate , p. 633.