Getting Away With Murder:The Literary and Forensic Fortune of Two Roman Exempla.
The article discusses Valerius Maximus' writings about two criminal trials in which judgment was avoided, concerning the crime know to the Romans as 'parricidium,' the murder of a close relation but not necessarily a father. Subjects addressed include Valerius' illustration of right and wrong conduc...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of the Classical Tradition Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 489 - 515 |
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Springer Nature
Spring2001
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| Sumario: | The article discusses Valerius Maximus' writings about two criminal trials in which judgment was avoided, concerning the crime know to the Romans as 'parricidium,' the murder of a close relation but not necessarily a father. Subjects addressed include Valerius' illustration of right and wrong conduct for his readers' moral benefit and reference to "iustus dolor" as an excuse for murder. |
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