Urban landlords and tenants

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Abstract

This chapter examines legal and epigraphic sources devoted to the renting of mass housing in Rome and the other major cities of the Empire. Building on the pioneering work by Frier in 1980, it argues that the legal sources reveal a sophisticated system of subletting that was developed to accommodate the upper-class owners of these properties and left the daily management of them in the hands of venture capitalists. This was done not only to relieve these individuals of the stigma associated with commerce, but also to spread the financial risk of urban property investment among both owners and venture capitalists.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society
EditorsPaul J. du Plessis, Clifford Ando, Kaius Tuori
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherOxford University Press
Chapter48
Pages635-645
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9780198728689, 9780198852896
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameOxford Handbooks

Keywords

  • letting and hiring
  • locatio conductio
  • subletting
  • insula
  • cenaculum

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