Ius imaginum e “Isola sacra”: una nuova ipotesi

Abstract

This work starts from the definition of the roman family institution as a “sacred island”, that has been defined by Professor Francesco Paolo Casavola. Here we tried to elaborate on the meaning the “ius imaginum” has in the roman society, which is the right to publicly hold the images of one’s own ancestors and the right to have them worn by the entire family group during funeral rites. Moreover we elaborate on a fundamental topic in the roman juridical area, formed by the centrality of the “pater familias” among the roman familia and its variegated and complicated relationship with the magic-and-sacred world of ius and of fas