Roman Law & Government

Legal System Worksheet

(4 pts each question = 100 pts)

1. Name the first written code of laws in ancient Rome: ___________________________
   
   
2. Why was this code established and can it be viewed today? ___________________________
   
   
3. Were the wealthy and poor treated equally under the law? ___________________________
   
   
4. Were Roman citizens put to death? ___________________________
   
   
5. What were standing jury courts called in Latin? ___________________________
   
   
6. Who served on these juries? ___________________________
   
   
7. How did juries differ from those of today? ___________________________
   
   
8. When was one allowed to appeal a verdict? ___________________________
   
   
9. Who was the praetor urbanus? ___________________________
   
   
10. Name three crimes for which the death penalty was given to non-citizens:
    
    ___________________________   ___________________________   ___________________________
    
    
11. How were citizens of the senatorial and equestrian classes punished for major crimes?
    
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12. What were typical punishments for a crime committed by a plebeian?
    
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13. How did a lawyer of ancient Rome differ from a 20th-century American lawyer?
    
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14. Why were people interred in prison in ancient Rome? ___________________________
    
    
15. Identify the person known as a patronus: ___________________________
    
    
16. Identify the person known as a delator: ___________________________
    
    
17. Identify those known as subscriptores: ___________________________
    
    
18. Identify the person known as a praetor: ___________________________
    
    
19. Identify the legal procedure of nominis delatio: ___________________________
    
    
20. Identify the legal procedure of postulatio: ___________________________
    
    
21. Identify the legal procedure of inquisitio: ___________________________
    
    
22. Identify the legal procedure of inscriptio: ___________________________
    
    
23. What was the practice of praemium? ___________________________
    
    
24. What was the practice of calumnia? ___________________________
    
    
25. What was the practice of praevaricatio? ___________________________
    
    

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