Final Judgments: Duty and Emotion in Roman Wills, 200 B.C.-A.D. 250 by Edward Champlin

Final Judgments: Duty and Emotion in Roman Wills, 200 B.C.-A.D. 250

Edward Champlin

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Freed from the familial and social obligations incumbent on the living, the Roman testator could craft his will to be a literal last judgment on family, friends, and society. The Romans were fascinated by the contents of wills, believing the will ...

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