Controversia I BC
Cic. - Inv. (Cic.Inv.2.98)
Text
Lex est apud Rhodios ut, SI QUA ROSTRATA IN PORTU NAVIS DEPREHENSA SIT, PUBLICETUR. Cum magna in alto tempestas esset, vis ventorum invitis nautis in Rhodiorum portum navem coegit. Quaestor navem populi vocat, navis dominus negat oportere publicari.
Translation
There is a law at Rhodes that if any ship with a ram is caught in the harbour it is confiscated. There was a violent storm at sea, ad the force of the wind compelled the sailors against their will to put into the harbour at Rhodes. The treasurer claims that ship is a public property, the master of the vassel denis that it ought to be confiscated.
Main Characters
Master of the vassel, Treasurer
Characters
Sailors
Issues
Concessio per necessitudinem - stats venialem per necessitatem
Accusations
Confiscation of the vassel
Narrative themes
Confiscation, Rostrum - ram, Storm, Vis maior
Legal references
Ship (si qua rostrata in portu navis deprehensa sit, publicetur)