Effect of time course on Roman Fiscal System - Il decorso del tempo nel sistema tributario romano

The concept of law validity implies two elements : space and time. In consequence of the changeable State needs, Roman history is characterized by the constant adoption of a great variety of models and kinds of taxation, as well as by the material alteration of financial administration, from the tripartition of the tribus, to the traditional dichotomy (in time reduced and liable to change) between aerarium populi romani and fiscus. The main goal of this research is to analyze the effect of time course on the Roman fiscal system, considering the evolution – ‘parallel' or not, ‘continuous' or ‘discontinuous' – from that system to the Roman constitutional and public system as a hole.