concept
good faith
Fides, the Roman virtue of good faith and protection: a defeated people who surrendered 'into the fides' of Rome were owed protection, which the consul's cruelty violated.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 42 §10 the good faith of the Roman people
Fides, the Roman virtue of good faith and protection: a defeated people who surrendered 'into the fides' of Rome were owed protection, which the consul's cruelty violated.