Roman law

legal system of ancient Rome and later the Roman and Byzantine Empire
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Roman law

Summary

Roman law is a field of study[1]. It draws 1,267 Wikipedia views per month (field_of_study category, ranking #39 of 379).[2]

Key Facts

  • Roman law's instance of is recorded as field of study[3].
  • Roman law's instance of is recorded as area of law[4].
  • Roman law is a type of law[5].
  • Roman law's Commons category is recorded as Roman law[6].
  • Roman law comprises legal person in Roman law[7].
  • Roman law comprises infamia[8].
  • Roman law's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Roman law[9].
  • Roman law's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • Roman law's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Roman law's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • Roman law's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Roman law's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Roman law's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[15].
  • Roman law's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • Roman law's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Roman law's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Roman law's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[19].
  • Roman law's studied by is recorded as Q99976367[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include field of study[3] and area of law[4]. Roman law is a type of law[5].

Use and Application

Components include legal person in Roman law[7], a topic[21], in Ancient Rome[22] and infamia[8].

Why It Matters

Roman law draws 1,267 Wikipedia views per month (field_of_study category, ranking #39 of 379).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947) +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7191, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 11d ago · Tolanor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Studied by Q99976367
    Topic's main category Category:Roman law
    Aliases
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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