Latin Law in Greek Cities

Starting from the so-called ‘sacrae litterae’ from the Severan era, which specifically addresses the lack of legal knowledge of the addressees, this article examines a number of examples of how Latin legal terminology (e.g. peculium ) was spread in the Greek cities of Asia Minor. Comparative collections of data, although continually in need of revision and updating, make it fairly easy to see which Greek terms were usually used to translate Latin ones. This article discusses some examples in detail. It also takes a closer look at the procedures and institutions involved. This includes the work of legal experts, but also the actual job of translating, which could be offered privately, but could also be organized by the city, as the newly attested ‘chief-translator’ from Kolossai seems to suggest.

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  Sophia Zoumbaki•Oxford Handbook of Greek Cities…•2024

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