Roman Legal Tradition and the Compilation of Justinian

Photograph of the ruins of the Temple of Saturn
The Temple of Saturn (498 bce), one of the oldest structures in
the Roman Forum, dates back to the earliest days of the Roman Republic.

The following educational resource was created by the Robbins Collection with the needs of K-12 educators in mind, but is accessible to anyone in search of introductory material on law and legal traditions. Primary source pages from Robbins Collection rare material are integral to the exhibit, offering a further resource to educators working to emphasize the importance of primary source documents in humanities and social science studies. 

 

 

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Roman Legal Tradition and the Compilation of Justinian