The Roman state and law. The royal period and the era of the republic.

The book by Dr. Alexey Borisovich Egorov, a doctor of historical sciences, is dedicated to the issues of Roman public law and the Roman state, primarily in the imperial and republican periods. It addresses such problematic and controversial questions as the origin of Roman clan organization and Roman social classes (patricians and plebeians), the balance of power between the highest magistrates of the Roman Republic, consuls, and kings, the development of republican state-political institutions - the senate, comitia, and magistracy system, the formation of the Roman judicial system, and so on. The book is intended for students of humanities faculties of higher educational institutions, universities, and institutes, as well as for all those interested in the history of Rome and Roman law.