Law of Persons

Question 1

Libertas

Answer 1

Free, freed or current slaves

Question 2

Civitas

Answer 2

Citizen/non-citizen

Question 3

Familia

Answer 3

Sui iuris or alieni iuris

Question 4

Ius gentium

Answer 4

Law of nations available to peregrines

Question 5

Ius civile

Answer 5

Law available to Roman citizens

Question 6

Peculium

Answer 6

Revocable ownership by the grant of another, normally for those alieni iuris or slaves

Question 7

Noxul surrender

Answer 7

Delicts committed by a slave follow them, and slave may be given as compensation. If slave sold new owner liable for the delict

Question 8

Servi paenae

Answer 8

Enslaved for committing a crime

Question 9

Servi publicae

Answer 9

Slaves in public ownership`

Question 10

Servi Caesaris

Answer 10

Imperial slaves (working for the legions)

Question 11

Servi vicarii

Answer 11

Slaves ‘owned’ by other slaves

Question 12

Manumission

Answer 12

Freeing of a slave. Could be by rod (legal action), by will (in their master’s will) or entry into census by master

Question 13

Commercium

Answer 13

Participation in ius civile forms of contractual dispute

Question 14

Testimenti factio

Answer 14

Right to draft a will, subject to approval by comitia curiata

Question 15

Conubium

Answer 15

Right to contract Roman law marriage

Question 16

Peregrines

Answer 16

Non-Roman citizens, subject to ius gentium. However in 212AD all had access to Roman law

Question 17

Duties owed to patron by freed slaves

Answer 17

Services, gifts and respect (operae, munera, obsequium)

Question 18

Paterfamilias

Answer 18

Head of familia, potestas over all in family

Question 19

Sui iuris

Answer 19

In his own power (paterfamilias)

Question 20

Alieni iuris

Answer 20

In power of another (anyone not a paterfamilias)