Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32984/gapzh.12.1.6
Some Considerations on the Organization of Fire Protection Services in Roman Law
Tomislav Karlović
orcid.org/0000-0003-1846-1318
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The article elaborates on the general features of fire protection services in Rome through two stages of development, as provided by texts preserved within the Digest entitled De officio praefecti vigilum, and the pertaining legal issues concerning the organization of these services. After the introductory part, the author discusses the issue of the identity of triumviri nocturni and of their separate existence within the structures of magistracies in the Republican period. He goes on to present the Augustan creation of the service of vigiles, and the considerations on the duties of praefectus vigilum as their commander and the person entrusted with legal authority to deal with the fire fighting and prevention activities. In the concluding remarks the reassessment of key issues on the legal organization of fire prevention services according to the Roman legal sources is provided.
Keywords
fire; fire protection services; firefighting; triumviri nocturni; praefectus vigilum; vigiles
Hrčak ID:
260598
URI
Publication date:
16.7.2021.
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