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

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iNdeX aediles, 77, 100, 167–168n46 arbor infelix, 166–167n36 arson, 62, 135–137. See also incendium assassination, 1, 8, 86, 103, 115, 123–124, 125, 164n1 assembly of the plebeians. See concilium plebis Augustus, 45, 140, 154n87 Bacchanalian conspiracy, 33–37, 41, 79–80, 101, 152nn49,53, 162nn28,31, 168n50, 171n18 Blossius, Gaius, 114, 172n23 Brutus, Lucius Junius, 28–30, 38, 39, 47 caedere, 3, 70, 146n11 Caelius, Titus, 85–86, 88 capital punishment, 8, 11–13, 19, 33–34, 56, 65, 90, 91, 92, 99, 101, 105, 108, 136, 152n49, 160n64, 167n45 caput, 18, 76, 90, 92, 106, 160n64. See also under leges; quaestiones Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Lucius, 69–70 Catilinarian conspiracy, 41, 51, 165n18 Catiline, 38–39, 41–42, 53, 124 Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 3, 30, 69–71, 73 —on the lex Cornelia, 75–76, 135, 136–137 —on paternal power, 43–44, 154n82 —on provocatio, 56, 156n7 —on the scu, 39, 41, 113–116, 119, 122, 124 —on unintentional homicide, 60–61 Cinna, Lucius Cornelius, 131 citizenship, 26, 90, 119 civis, 18, 32, 41, 48, 92, 147n18. See also under leges; quaestiones civitas, 23, 25–26, 32, 35, 37, 45, 52, 148n40, 149n1 comitia centuriata, 55, 58, 98, 156n10, 162n24, 167n44 concilium plebis, 98, 109–110, 156n10, 163n3 consilium, 30, 42–43, 45, 46–47, 50, 87, 151n32, 155nn88,89 consulares, 36, 83 consuls, 14, 34, 41, 42, 48–51, 53, 79, 93–94, 126 —as fathers, 29–30, 38, 150n26 —jurisdiction, 70–71, 99–100, 112–113, 116, 131, 168n46 —limitations on their power, 19, 92 —and the scu, 39, 110, 112–113, 118–122, 174n54 —as victims, 80–82 crucifixion, 97, 166n33, 166–167n36, 167n42 culleus, 85, 97, 163n44. See also sack daughters, 30–32, 37, 51 decemvirs, 30–31, 80–81, 151n35 dolo malo, 10, 18, 75–76, 135 dolo sciens, 10–11, 18 duumviri perduellionis, 13–14, 16, 105– 108, 164n14, 170n74 19 murder was not a Crime exile, 45, 51, 90, 105, 114, 118, 124 —self-imposed, 117 Fabius Maximus Eburnus, Quintus, 44, 50, 88 fathers. See pater Gaius (jurist), 25–26, 77 Gellius, Lucius, 42–43, 46–47, 87, 88, 155n88 Glaucia, 120–122 gods, 10, 19–20, 22, 54, 81, 85, 114, 139. See also pax deorum Gracchus, Gaius Sempronius, 89, 103– 106, 110, 115, 117–121, 123, 127, 128, 136, 139, 169n63, 173n47, 177n38. See also leges—Sempronia . . . Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius, 103, 109–118, 120, 170n2, 171nn9,15 homicidium, 3, 143n7 Horatius, Publius, 11, 12–19, 87, 88, 106– 108, 146n11, 148n25 hostis declaration, 8, 126–133, 141 husbands, 17–18, 35–37, 83, 102, 153n53 imperium, 1, 18, 22, 29, 30, 36, 38, 56, 59, 121–122, 124, 156n8 incendium, 75, 135, 136. See also arson intentional homicide, 1, 10, 22, 59, 62, 64, 68, 71, 108, 138 interficere, 3, 42, 44, 49, 70, 119, 154n85, 160n62 interimere, 3 iudices. See judges iudicia populi, 91, 99, 144n14, 168n46 iugulare, 3, 85 ius vitae necisque. See potestas judges, 16, 36, 64, 65, 69, 74, 107, 135–136 Julius Caesar, Gaius, 60, 86, 124, 169–170n71 jurisconsult, 61 jurists, 4, 14, 18, 61, 76, 92, 94, 112, 135, 144n12, 156n90, 175n9 jurors, 69, 103, 104, 114, 122, 137, 138, 176n38 leges. See also quaestiones and XII Tables —Cornelia de sicariis et veneficiis, 69, 75, 126, 133–140, 141, 178nn47,49 —Duilia, 157n10 —Numae: intentional homicide, 10–12, 94, 160n66; unintentional homicide , 10, 19, 62–63. See also Numa Pompilius —Pompeia de parricidiis, 136–137 —Sempronia ne de capite civium, 104, 118, 119 —Valeria (309 B.C.e.), 157n10 —Valeria Horatia (449 B.C.e.), 156n10 leges regiae, 11–12, 19, 21, 27, 160n64 Lentulus, Publius Cornelius, 120, 123, 174n53 Lepidus, 124, 127, 174n56 libera legatio, 117, 120 Licinia, 35–36, 83, 87, 102–103, 105 magic, 83–84, 163n40 maiestas, 121–122, 138 Manlius Torquatus, Titus, 37–41, 48–49, 51, 153nn61,68, 154n88 Marius, Gaius, 121–124, 127–130, 174nn52,54 Milo, Titus Annius, 69, 115, 171n15 mothers, 25, 43, 81, 87 Nasica. See Scipio Nasica necare, 3, 33, 36, 56, 76, 80, 83, 135, 159n55, 160n56 Numa Pompilius, 8–12, 14, 18–20, 62– 63, 94, 147n19, 155n1. See also leges, Numae occidere, 3, 10, 45, 54, 60, 75, 76, 135, 176n22 19 index Opimius, Lucius, 118–120, 123, 131, 172nn41,47 paricidas, 10, 12, 155n1 parricide, 15, 42–44, 50, 51, 54, 84–89...