THE RES PUBLICA IN ROMAN ROYALTY: LAW, FAMILY AND CITIZEN POLITICAL ORGANIZATION - DOI: 10.12818/P.0304-2340.2024v84p313

Abstract

The article examined the legal and political
organization of the ancient Roman city,
focusing on the historical period known as
the Kingship. The general objective was to
understand the creation of the civitas and
its legal and political institutions, in order
to answer the following question: were there
republican legal-political elements during the
period of the Kingship? Using primary sources
and authors specializing in the subject, the
development took place in three sections. The
first explains what civitas was; the second
section looks at Rome during the period of
Latin-Sabine predominance. Finally, the third
section analyzed Etruscan domination. It
uses a deductive approach, a monographic
procedural method and a bibliographic
documentary research technique. The results
point to the existence of republican elements
since the city’s foundation, during the period of
the first Roman kings. The general conclusion
is that the republican period was a refinement
of a monarchical system that was elective and
for life, but not hereditary.

KEYWORDS: Citizenship. Roman public law.
Institutions. Legal paradigm. Republicanism.