Upcoming talk- Roman Maritime Law: Navigating Mare Nostrum
Upcoming talk- Roman Maritime Law: Navigating Mare Nostrum The Portus Limen project is hosting a talk by Dr. Paul du Plessis from the school of law of Edinburgh on March 8 at 5 pm in the Archaeology building at the University of Southampton. Abstract: This paper focuses on the historiography of Roman maritime law during the twentieth century. It identifies key assumptions on which past research in this field has been based and argues for a greater integration of the formal...
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