Histria antiqua, Vol. 21 No. 21, 2012.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Trade Navigation Relations in Antiquity
Zlatko Đukić
orcid.org/0009-0001-0916-0102
; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera Filozofski fakultet Lorenza Jagera 9 31000 Osijek, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The paper describes historical and legal relations in commercial navigation. From the beginning of commercial
navigation, these depended on: discipline on board; relations between the captain, shipowner, merchant and lender
concerning the profits; pay; the presence of merchants’ assistants on vessels; passengers, including females; the safekeeping
of money and other valuables on board.
As far as ancient history is concerned, there are not too many codes regulating commercial navigation, while
the military aspect is not even mentioned by ancient codes. When we come to the Middle Ages, legal documents
are much more numerous. These are primarily our eastern Adriatic municipal statutes. These two groups of legal
sources are the focus of this paper, which will provide key data and an analysis of legal documents.
The basis of maritime law derives from the written sources of the most ancient civilisations which had a need
to regulate navigation. Their legal solutions, through the Phoenicians and Egyptians, provided a bridge for the legal
norms of Greece, and in time spread along the whole coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
The main goal of commercial navigation was to connect different markets in order to export products and import
goods that were missing on the domestic market.
Ključne riječi
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101999
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Datum izdavanja:
1.8.2012.
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