Confiscation of assets as an accessory penalty

  1. Zaera García, Ana B. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Revue:
Revista Diálogos Mediterrânicos

ISSN: 2237-6585

Année de publication: 2022

Número: 22

Pages: 95-111

Type: Article

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Résumé

Confiscation of property was applied under Roman law to enemies of Rome. However, under Republican law it was initially imposed as an accessory to penalties for specific crimes. It was usually enforced alongside offences punishable with death, although from Sulla’s time it became an additional penalty when a person was sentenced to aqua et igni interdictio.