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Articles tagged Roman law.

What is the Lex Irnitana Municipal Law and How it Worked

Lex Irnitana: How Roman Municipal Law Worked

Oct 05, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

What is the Lex Irnitana? AD 91, a municipal charter from Baetica and one of the principal sources for Roman civil procedure in the...

Why Ovid Was Exiled for Ars Amatoria

Why Ovid Was Exiled to Tomis in 8 CE

Sep 03, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

Why Ovid was exiled to Tomis in 8 CE comes down to a poem and a mistake. Set Ars Amatoria against Augustus’ moral laws...

How the Roman Empire Lasted Over 1000 Years

How the Roman Empire Lasted Over 1,000 Years

Jul 30, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

Military reform, Roman roads, aqueducts, uniform law, and citizenship policy all worked together to sustain the Roman Empire across more than a millennium.

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