Module I. Political organization and sources of law.
Does the political organization of a society determine its legal norms? The example of Rome during its thirteen centuries of history
1. Monarchy: customary law and leges regiae (laws of the kings)
2. Republic: Law of the Twelve Tables, laws of the comitia and plebicites, edicts of the magistrates, case-law
3. Principate: Decisions of the Senate and imperial constitutions
4. Dominate or Bas-Empire: general laws
5. Justinianic epoch: Corpus Iuris
Module II. The family in Rome. Social institution regulated by law?
1. Meanings of the word familia
2. Categories of persons according to their position in the family
3. Marriage: requisites and impediments to get married
4. Types of marriage
5. Evolution of life as a couple
6. Dissolution of the bond of marriage: divorce and repudiation
7. Children and education
Module III. Religion in Rome
What to believe in and why? From a utilitarian religiosity to another, with a strong ethical content
1. Own and foreign Deities
2. The official cult, priests and rituals
3. Mystical and oriental cults
4. Appearance and spreading of Christianity
Module IV. Work in Rome
Who worked and under which legal regime in Rome as lawyers, doctors, shoemakers or farmers? Who had the political functions?
1. Social and economical organization of Rome
2. Social and legal view of work
3. Liberal arts and crafts
Module V. Free time in Rome
How did the Romans spend their free time?
1. Care for body and spirit in the baths
2. Death in the Afternoon: Amphitheatre and gladiatorial fights
3. Gentlemen, place your bets!: The circus and the chariot races
4. The best decoration for the best banquet: Trimalchio invites us
5. Plays and mimes: The theatre in Rome
6. Laborious free time: Latin literature