Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

List of Roman jurists cited

A Note on Translations

Introduction

Chapter One. Letting and Hiring in Context

1. Terminology and History

2. Structure

3. The Contractual Process

4. Litigation and the Contract of Letting and Hiring

Chapter Two. Letting and Hiring of Operae

1. Introduction

2. Letting and Hiring of Operae Which Involves the Transformation of the Property of One of the Contracting Parties

2.1. Fullering and Tailoring

2.2. Apprenticing

2.3. Goldsmithing and Engraving

2.4. Construction

3. Letting and Hiring of Operae Which Involves the Movement of the Property of One of the Contracting Parties

3.1. Carriage by Land

3.2. Carriage by Water

3.3. Carriage Where the Mode of Transport Cannot Be Determined

4. Letting and Hiring of Operae Which Were Traditionally Classified As Artes Liberales

4.1. Doctors

4.2. Land-Surveyors and Architects

4.3. Advocates

4.4. School Teachers, Teachers of Civil Law and Philosophers

5. Letting and Hiring of Other Operae for a Short Period of Time

5.1. Named Operae

5.2. Unspecified Operae

6. Letting and Hiring of Operae and the Roman familia

6.1. Operae of Freedmen

6.2. Operae of Slaves

Chapter Three. Letting and Hiring of a Res

1. Introduction

2. Movable Property

2.1. Storage Jars

2.2. Scales

2.3. Vehicles and Vessels

2.4. Slaves and Animals

3. Immovable Property

3.1. Immovable Property in a Rural Setting

3.2. Other Categories of Immovable Property in a Rural Setting

3.3. Immovable Property in an Urban Setting

3.4. Other Categories of Commercial Immovable Property

Chapter Four. Conclusions

Bibliography

List of Texts Cited

Index