The Qverimoniae: Administrative Complaints under the Constantinian Dynasty
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Published
10-10-2017
Esteban Moreno Resano
Abstract
The imperial laws from the 4th to 6th centuries AD allowed the Roman citizens to make administrative complaints (so-called querimoniae) before the princes against neglectful or treacherous actions of magistrates or officers. This paper focuses only on the documented cases under the Constantinian dynasty (306-363), the period in which this legal procedure was created. It was a legal way of institutional control established by Constantine in 313, and it aimed at assuring the fulfillment of law, the bureaucracy's loyalty and the political stability at a time disturbed by civil conflicts.
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Di Paola, L., 2005, Per una storia degli «occhi del re»: i servizi ispettivi nella Tarda Antichità, Messina: Università degli Studi di Messina.
Dupont, Cl., 1973, «Sujets et citoyens sous le Bas-Empire romain de 312 à 565 après Jésus-Christ», RIDA 20, 325-339.
Forcellini, E., 1940, Lexikon totius latinitatis III, Patauii: Apud Seminarium.
Gaudemet, J., 1949, «Constantin, restaurateur de l´ordre», en: Studi in onore di Siro Solazzi nel cinquentesimo anniversario del suo insegnamento (1899-1948), Napoli: Jovene.
Gaudemet, J., 1951, «Constantin et les curies municipales», Iura 2, 44-75.
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Moreno Resano, E., 2015, «Ad nostram scientiam referatur: la supervisión administrativa imperial de la aplicación de las leyes durante la dinastía constantiniana», Gerión 33, 191-209.
Pergami, F., 2007, Amministrazione della giustizia e interventi imperiali nel sistema processuale della Tarda Antichità, Milano: Giuffrè.
Piganiol, A., 1972², L´Empire chrétien (325-395), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
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Schuller, W., 1975, «Grenzen des Spätrömischen Staates: Staatspolizei und Korruption», ZPE 16.1, 1-21.
Slootjes, D., 2003, «Between Criticism and Praise: Provincials´ Image of the Governor in the Later Roman Empire», en L. De Blois, P. Erdkamp, O. Hekster, G. De Kleijn, St. Mols (eds.), The Representation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power. Proceedings of the Third Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, c. 200 B. C. - A. D. 476), Netherlands Institute in Rome, March 20-23, 2002, Amsterdam: J. C. Gieben, 318-326.
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