{"product_id":"hereditas-et-pietas-a-jurisconsults-rome-book-ii-9798253195031","title":"Hereditas Et Pietas: A Jurisconsult's Rome, Book II","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cornelis Van Houte\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Legal Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA legacy held by trust. A law that refuses to see. A battle for the soul of a Roman household. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRome, 135 CE. The sudden death of the renowned jurisconsult Cornelius Gelus Frigidianus leaves behind more than just a grieving household-it leaves a legal powder charge. Frigidianus has left his estate to his wife, Gela, a former slave, with a secret charge: a \u003ci\u003efideicommissum\u003c\/i\u003e requesting that she restore the family home on the Caelian Hill to Tanit, a twelve-year-old girl the law refuses to recognize as his daughter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause Tanit was born while Gela was still enslaved, Roman law views her as \u003ci\u003evolgo quaesita\u003c\/i\u003e-promiscuously begotten and fatherless. She has no legal claim to her father's name, his protection, or his property. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, Frigidianus's distant cousins have arrived to claim what they believe is theirs by right of blood. They bring a \u003ci\u003equerela inofficiosi testamenti\u003c\/i\u003e-a \"complaint of an undutiful will\"-arguing that Frigidianus was of unsound mind to favor a nameless child over his true Roman kin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGuided by a brilliant young student and the wisdom of the Sabinian school of law, Gela must stand before the Centumviral Court to defend her husband's last wishes. In a world where \"law is the art of the good and the fair,\" she must prove that \u003ci\u003epietas\u003c\/i\u003e-the Roman virtue of duty-is found not in cold legal categories, but in the genuine bonds of a life lived together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHereditas et Pietas is a meticulously researched legal thriller that explores the intersection of ancient Roman law and the enduring power of family. It is a story of \u003ci\u003efides\u003c\/i\u003e (trust) in a city of strict statutes, and a woman's fight to ensure that the law finally sees the child her husband loved.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47775866126487,"sku":"9798253195031","price":2549.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798253195031.webp?v=1777992891","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hereditas-et-pietas-a-jurisconsults-rome-book-ii-9798253195031","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}