Civis Romanus sum. Rzymskie prawo publiczne: Wybrane zagadnienia

Abstract

CIVIS ROMANUS SUM. THE ROMAN PUBLIC LAW – SELECTED ISSUES The present book Civis Romanus sum. The Roman public law – selected issues has been planned as a scientific support for students of Administration at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Jagiellonian University, for auditors of lectures: The Roman administrative practice and The Roman system and administration in a comparative context. The book is a set of essays concerning issues of Roman public law. Some aspects of the Roman public law and subject matters to which a Roman citizenship (civitas Romana) is a common denominator, have been raised herein. The concept of citizenship itself and its importance to Romans and strangers and also the content of rights included in it are extraordinarily interesting and very complex issues. They have been a subject of many scientific works: monographs, articles and handbooks of the Roman public law. This publication is not a handbook in principle and therefore, having freedom (to some extent) of choosing issues to be analysed, I decided to select these which concern the purchase and loss of Roman citizenship, rights entitled to citizens pursuant to the private and public law and a way of realisation of one of these rights – the right to stand for office (ius honorum). Discussing the latter issue required a presentation of process of creating the structure of Roman offices in a period of Republic and either the basis of rules concerning holding offices and indication of competences of particular magistratus. Thus, as Cicero wrote “the office is the power” (Cic. de leg. 3.1.2: For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people) – holding an office was incredibly prestigious in Rome. It is worth paying the attention to pre-election campaign, looking at a candidate’s profile, discussing the challenges which a candidate had to rise to and indicating which pre- -electoral candidate’s activity was considered to be advantageous or condemnable at the end of the Republic.

Cursus honorum – selected aspects of Roman public law

“…Recent research on the cursus honorum (from 2017 to 2023) has focused on its evolution over time, the impact of political and social changes on the system, and the role of the cursus honorum in the broader context of Roman society and politics. Additionally, some scholars have explored the ways in which the cursus honorum reflected broader societal trends, such as shifts in social and economic structures, changes in political ideologies and beliefs, and the influence of external factors such as war and conquest (Wyrwińska, 2015). Recent studies, among the many publications in this area include, for example: Á. del Río However, none of these recent publications addresses the problem of age in the cursus honorum in a comprehensive manner.…”