Perclusio ed expulsio: per una storia sociale dello sfratto

Abstract

This paper aims to define the practices of self-defence available to a locator against a conductor who did not comply with the payment of the agreed rent for an urban property in Rome in the age of the late Republic and Principate. The research uncovers the practical aspects of perclusio, prohibitio and expulsio, as well as the dynamics within which the relevant parties (conductor, locator, insularius, etc.) interacted either actively or passively.

Keywords : locatio conductio; rent; eviction; fundi urbani.