@article{CarlaUhink2024, author = {Carl{\`a}-Uhink, Filippo}, title = {'He had thoughtlessly accepted certain gifts'}, series = {Cultural History}, volume = {13}, journal = {Cultural History}, number = {1}, publisher = {Edinburgh University Press}, address = {Edinburgh}, issn = {2045-290X}, pages = {52 -- 70}, year = {2024}, abstract = {It has been highlighted many times how difficult it is to draw a boundary between gift and bribe, and how the same transfer can be interpreted in different ways according to the position of the observer and the narrative frame into which it is inserted. This also applied of course to Ancient Rome; in both the Republic and Principate lawgivers tried to define the limits of acceptable transfers and thus also to identify what we might call 'corruption'. Yet, such definitions remained to a large extent blurred, and what was constructed was mostly a 'code of conduct', allowing Roman politicians to perform their own 'honesty' in public duty - while being aware at all times that their involvement in different kinds of transfer might be used by their opponents against them and presented as a case of 'corrupt' behaviour.}, language = {en} } @misc{Jass2024, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Jaß, Franz Ivan}, title = {Silent leges inter arma. Von der Tat bis zur Verurteilung}, series = {Copia - Potsdamer Anregungen f{\"u}r den Lateinunterricht}, journal = {Copia - Potsdamer Anregungen f{\"u}r den Lateinunterricht}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2748-6621}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-62262}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-622627}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {48, 19}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Der Fall des T. Annius Milo bietet f{\"u}r den Lateinunterricht großes didaktisches Potenzial. Denn an seinem Beispiel kann die Lekt{\"u}re eines lateinischen Textes hervorragend mit realienkundlichen Aspekten verkn{\"u}pft und es k{\"o}nnen plausible Bez{\"u}ge zur Gegenwart hergestellt werden. Die vorliegende Masterarbeit zeigt, welch reiches Themenspektrum in Ciceros Rede Pro Milone steckt. Dazu z{\"a}hlen der historische Kontext des Falls, der Tatbestand des Mordes und der Ablauf des damaligen Gerichtsverfahrens. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus wird das r{\"o}mische Recht mit dem heutzutage in Deutschland geltenden Strafrecht verglichen. Und zu guter Letzt wird hier die Glaubw{\"u}rdigkeit verschiedener schriftlicher Zeugnisse gepr{\"u}ft, insbesondere die Frage, ob die {\"u}berlieferte Rede das einstige Prozessgeschehen in authentischer Weise widerspiegelt.}, language = {de} }