The Digest and the Exploitation of the Countryside in the Western Roman Empire (2d cent. BC-3rd cent. AD). Evidence of the water control

Información del proyecto

DEXCORE

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 742523

DOI

10.3030/742523

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 20 Febrero 2017

Fecha de inicio 1 Septiembre 2017

Fecha de finalización 31 Agosto 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 195 454,80

Aportación de la UE

€ 195 454,80

Coordinado por

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
United Kingdom

Objetivo

Every aspect of the ancient world depended on the control and exploitation of the countryside, but scholars have until recently failed to engage with an abundant and detailed material on the subject: the legal texts of the Digest. The thought of the Roman jurists constituted a powerful model for all the minor and local institutions and legal documentation reveals not only rules, but also actual practices and issues of unquestionable historical interest. Amongst the significant amount of legal texts concerning the countryside, the issues of water sharing and that of erosion and flood risks management are particularly well represented, constituting a key element of an essential aspect of the ancient economy, i.e. the agricultural production. However, an overall underestimation has led to a serious insufficiency of methodology concerning these texts, an evident obstacle to its exploitation in a historical perspective. This research proposes to demonstrate how relevant the study of Roman law is for our knowledge of the Roman countryside, by confronting the strikingly unexplored jurisprudential documentation with more traditionally exploited archaeological and environmental sources. The focus on water control is motivated by a will to concentrate on a crucial condition of the exploitation of the countryside, which has raised sufficient interest from the ancient jurists themselves, as well as from the scholars in the past decades, so as to generate enough primary and secondary sources for us to consider. The objective is twofold: first, to establish a clear and consistent methodology for the historical study of the jurisprudential sources; second, to apply it to case studies in order to produce new insights into a fundamental issue of the Roman world.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias sociales › ciencias políticas › normativa política › política pública
• ciencias sociales › sociología › gobernanza › gestión de crisis › gestión de riesgos de inundaciones
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › geografía física › desastre natural
• ciencias sociales › sociología › gobernanza › gestión de crisis › gestión de riesgos sísmicos
• ciencias sociales › derecho

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2016 - Individual Fellowships
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2016

Coordinador

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 195 454,80
• Dirección: WELLINGTON SQUARE UNIVERSITY OFFICES ; OX1 2JD Oxford ; Reino Unido
• Región: South East (England) › Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire › Oxfordshire
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 195 454,80