Controversia II AD

Calpurnius Flaccus - Exc. (Calpurnius FlaccusExc.14)
Text

Addictus feneratori serviat. Abdicatus de bonis paternis nihil habeat. Libertorum bona ad patronos pertineant. Quidam, ex duobus liberis, alterum abdicavit. addictum postea creditori patrem redemit et manumisit. Quo mortuo, ambigunt de bonis abdicatus iure patroni et filius, qui in familia permansit.

Translation

“One who is assigned for debt shall serve in the capacity of a slave to the moneylender”. “A disinherited son shall possess none of his father’s estate”. “The estates of freedmen shall revert by right to their former masters”. A certain man disinherited one of his two sons. Afterwards the father defaulted on a debt to a moneylender and was assigned for debt to his service. settled the account, securing his father's release and granted him his formal freedom from the obligation to himself. When the father died, the disinherited son, according to his rights as a former master, and the other son, he remained in the family, dispute over the estate.

Main Characters

Disinherited son, Father

Characters

Moneylender, Other son

Issues

Accusations

Inheritance

Narrative themes

Disinheritance, Money lending, Service for debt

Legal references

Abdicatus de bonis paternis nihil habeat - heritance, Addictus feneratori serviat - debt, Libertorum bona ad patronos pertineant - freedman

Historical references