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A NOTE ON TWO SIGNS IN PETRONIUS
UNA NOTA SOBRE DOS AVISOS EN PETRONIO
Morris Silver
ABSTRACT The legal and economic realities behind Petronius’ humor have often been discussed. The role of Trimalchio’s signs/notices (libelli) deserves to be noted in this connection. It will be argued below that such signs were intended to protect Trimalchio and, more importantly, non-fictional property owners from negligence liability (culpa), basically for “failure to warn.”
KEY WORDS Negligence; noxal action; failure to warn.
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