Open AccessSome remarks on sea transport and its legal regulations in Roman law
Author(s) -
Łukasz Marzec
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gdańskie studia prawnicze
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1734-5669
DOI - 10.26881/gsp.2019.3.02
Subject(s) - emperor , corporation , permission , law , port (circuit theory) , political science , history , engineering , ancient history , electrical engineering
In a recently discovered letter the Roman emperor hadrian grants to the civic authorities of the port of miletus permission to establish a corporation of shippers. Confronting this new text with the relevant legal and other epigraphic evidence, this paper explores the implications of this text for our understanding of the process for and, the motivations behind, setting up such a corporation.