Murder Was Not a Crime: Homicide and Power in the Roman Republic

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Murder Was Not a CriMe Homicide and Power in the Roman Republic judy e. gaughan university of texas press Austin Copyright © 2010 by Judy E. Gaughan All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2010 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html ♾ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso Z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gaughan, Judy E., 1961– Murder was not a crime : homicide and power in the Roman republic / by Judy E. Gaughan. p. cm. — (Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-292-72111-1 (cl. : alk. paper) 1. Murder (Roman law) 2. Homicide (Roman law) 3. Rome— Politics and government—510–30 B.C. I. Title. Kja3397.g38 2010 345.37'6302523—dc22 2009031649 To my parents who taught me to love learning and to my daughter who reminds me daily of its joys THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...