La búsqueda de objetos robados (Doce Tablas, tab. I. 20; VIII. 15 A). Contexto etnológico, histórico y jurídico de un misterio
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El contenido de las Doce Tablas, de mediados el
siglo V a. de C., constituye un texto muy inseguro,
defectuoso y de valor muy desigual, como
documento jurídico que fue reflejo de la Roma de
ese período y anterior. Por la escasa y ambigua
información que nos ha llegado, el asunto del robo
y sobretodo, la búsqueda de los objetos robados,
apenas resumido en los dos términos que sobre ello
nos ha llegado, - lance et licio ,- fue ya un enigma
para la sociedad romana posterior, y ha seguido
generando abundante controversia y bibliografía
desde hace más de un siglo. Creemos que analizar
los problemas de transmisión y ampliar el contexto
histórico, geográfico y cultural, a otras culturas
tanto antiguas como primitivas actuales, puede
servir para obtener una visión más aproximada del
significado de aquel mandato arcaico.
The content of the Twelve Tables - middle of the 5th century BC. of C. -, constitutes a very insecure, defective text and of very unequal value, as a legal document that was a reflection of the Rome of that period and before. Due to the scarce and ambiguous information that has reached us, the matter of the robbery and, above all, the search for the stolen objects, barely summarized in the two terms that have reached us about it, - lance et licio, - was already an enigma for the later Roman society, and has continued to generate abundant controversy and literature for more than a century. We believe that analyzing the problems of transmission and expanding the historical, geographical and cultural context to other cultures, both ancient and primitive today, can serve to obtain a more approximate vision of the meaning of that archaic mandate.
The content of the Twelve Tables - middle of the 5th century BC. of C. -, constitutes a very insecure, defective text and of very unequal value, as a legal document that was a reflection of the Rome of that period and before. Due to the scarce and ambiguous information that has reached us, the matter of the robbery and, above all, the search for the stolen objects, barely summarized in the two terms that have reached us about it, - lance et licio, - was already an enigma for the later Roman society, and has continued to generate abundant controversy and literature for more than a century. We believe that analyzing the problems of transmission and expanding the historical, geographical and cultural context to other cultures, both ancient and primitive today, can serve to obtain a more approximate vision of the meaning of that archaic mandate.












