La compravendita di animali appartenenti alle res mancipi in Varrone e in Gaio alla luce della corrispondenza fra Baviera, Pernice e Mommsen

Abstract

In the light of the unpublished correspondence between Giovanni Baviera, Theodor Mommsen and Alfred Pernice some aspects of the debate about the belonging of some animals to the category of the res mancipi are reconstructed, the basis of interpretation being some passages of Varro’s De re rustica compared with Gaius’ Institutions.