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Roman Law on Waters

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Roman Law on Waters refers to the legal principles and regulations established in ancient Rome governing the use, ownership, and management of water resources. This body of law addressed issues such as water rights, irrigation, and the responsibilities of landowners regarding water access and conservation.
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Roman Law on Waters refers to the legal principles and regulations established in ancient Rome governing the use, ownership, and management of water resources. This body of law addressed issues such as water rights, irrigation, and the responsibilities of landowners regarding water access and conservation.

Key research themes

1. How did Roman legal frameworks regulate flood risk and water management in rural and urban contexts?

This theme focuses on the juridical and infrastructural measures employed in Roman law to address flood risks and water management challenges in both rural landscapes and urban settings. Understanding these mechanisms is critical given the dual role of rivers and water bodies as vital resources and sources of destructive power in antiquity, necessitating a combination of public works, legal rules, and private participation.

Key finding: The paper shows how Roman legal discourse classified floods as 'vis maior cui resisti non potest'—an irresistible divine force—and how Roman jurists and public authorities implemented a mix of public investments (diversion... Read more
Key finding: Through systematic archaeological and epigraphic analyses, this study reveals the predominance of private fountains (several hundreds) over public ones in Pompeii, contradicting traditional views of Roman urban water supply... Read more
Key finding: This research identifies the complex interplay between urban, rural, and public water legal regimes as preserved in the Digest, highlighting distinctions such as urban drainage servitudes versus rural water rights and public... Read more
Key finding: This paper clarifies misconceptions about the emperor’s role in water legislation, demonstrating that imperial legislation on water use evolved over time and varied regionally. Using the example of the Aqua Augusta and the... Read more
Key finding: This study offers a nuanced examination of water-sharing legal doctrines in Roman rural areas, especially the development of servitudes such as ius aquae ductus and ius aquae haustus, used to regulate irrigation and maintain... Read more

2. What were the juridical constructs of water rights and their social-economic implications in Roman private and public law?

Investigating Roman water law through the lens of property rights, servitudes, and legal doctrines reveals how water was conceptualized legally and socially. The theme covers the fragmentation of water rights into components such as use, access, management, and exclusion, and how these rights underpinned economic activity, property valuation, and social relationships both in rural and urban contexts.

Key finding: Applying a ‘bundle of rights’ framework, this paper shows that Roman fresh water rights were not monolithic but consisted of component rights like access, withdrawal, management, and exclusion. It reveals continuity and... Read more
Key finding: The research finds that fresh water was legally treated through a range of institutions blending private property (e.g., servitudes for aquaeductus) and public rights, with emperors legislating variably over time. The nuanced... Read more
Key finding: The paper highlights that Roman legal discourse reflected the diversity of water sources and uses—ranging from natural springs and rivers to engineered aqueducts—emphasizing both the ideological and practical dimensions of... Read more
Key finding: This study advances the chronology of water law development, teasing out shifts in legal treatment from Republican times through the Severan era, illustrating increasing legal sophistication including the formalization of... Read more
Key finding: Although broader in temporal scope, this article contextualizes ancient Roman water conflicts by tracing their historical roots, highlighting the legal and societal mechanisms that underpinned disputes over transboundary... Read more

3. How was water ritualized and symbolically integrated into ancient Mediterranean societies, particularly in Greek and Roman contexts?

This theme explores the religious, ritualistic, and cultural dimensions of water in ancient Mediterranean societies. Focusing on Greek sanctuaries and Roman social practices, it investigates how water functioned not only as a natural resource but also as a purificatory element, liturgical medium, and symbolic agent structuring social and religious interactions.

Key finding: The paper rigorously analyzes epigraphic, literary, archaeological, and iconographic sources to demonstrate that water usage in Greek sanctuaries ranged across a spectrum from mundane to religious. Ritual purification and... Read more
Key finding: This study interprets the juridical concept of naufragium (shipwreck) in Roman law and its transformation from customary practice to regulated legal doctrine. It situates water and maritime disasters within social, economic,... Read more
Key finding: Building on Roman and medieval perspectives on water as a legal and social good, the paper examines the symbolic and strategic importance of water access in societal well-being and governance. Stressing the continuity of... Read more
Key finding: This historical study argues that Roman environmental perceptions and hydraulic management were deeply anthropocentric, intertwining cultural, religious, and political narratives. It highlights how water bodies and wetland... Read more

All papers in Roman Law on Waters

Il presente contributo propone un'analisi esegetica del testo di cui a D. 39.3.2.1 e 2 (Paul. 49 ad ed.) nel più ampio contesto del testo paolino di cui a D. 39.3.2 (Paul. 49 ad ed.). L'esegesi si concentra in particolare sull'obbligo di... more
L'Enciclica papale Laudato s/'del 2015, dedicata ai gravi problemi ambientali dei nostri tempi, rispecchia valori della tradizione giudaico-cristiana, ma altresì principi e regole rintracciabili nel diritto romano. [The 2015 Papal... more
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