concept
suspension of business
iustitium
A public standstill of legal and civic business proclaimed in emergencies, here during the levy for the Algidus war.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 4 §46 a suspension of business
A public standstill of legal and civic business proclaimed in emergencies, here during the levy for the Algidus war.
- The History of Rome, Book 7 §6 a suspension of public business
A iustitium: a proclaimed cessation of all legal and public business in a state emergency, freeing all men for the levy.
- The History of Rome, Book 9 §7 iustitium
A suspension of all public and legal business in time of emergency or grief.