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	'''''Ingenui''''' or '''''ingenuitas''''' (singular ''ingenuus''), was a legal term of [[ancient Rome]] indicating those [[wikt:freeman\|freemen]] who were born free, as distinct from, for example, freedmen, who were freemen who had once been slaves.<ref name="DGRA">{{Cite book \| last = Long \| first = George \| author = George Long (scholar) \| contribution = Ingenui \| editor-last = Smith \| editor-first = William \| title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities \| volume = \| pages = 637 \| publisher = Little, Brown and Company \| place = Boston \| year = 1870 \| contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0644.html \| postscript = <!--None--> }}</ref>		'''''Ingenui''''' or '''''ingenuitas''''' (singular ''ingenuus''), was a legal term of [[ancient Rome]] indicating those [[wikt:freeman\|freemen]] who were born free, as distinct from, for example, freedmen, who were freemen who had once been slaves.<ref name="DGRA">{{Cite book \| last = Long \| first = George \| author = George Long (scholar) \| contribution = Ingenui \| editor-last = Smith \| editor-first = William \| title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities \| volume = \| pages = 637 \| publisher = Little, Brown and Company \| place = Boston \| year = 1870 \| contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0644.html \| postscript = <!--None--> }}</ref>

			===Incestum===
			''Incestum'' is an act that violates religious purity. (sacrilege)
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	===STUPRUM===		===STUPRUM===

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	This page contains a noninclusive list of legal terms used in ancient Rome.		This page contains a noninclusive list of legal terms used in ancient Rome.
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			===Calumnia===
			In Roman law during the Republic, '''''calumnia''''' was the willful bringing of a false accusation, that is, malicious prosecution. <ref>Mary Beard, J.A. North, and S.R.F. Price, ''Religions of Rome: A History'' (Cambridge University Press, 1998), vol. 1, p. 238.</ref>

	==I==		==I==
	===Infamia===		===Infamia===

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	~~Roman & civil law : sexual~~ intercourse between a man and an unmarried woman other than one in slavery or concubinage		Sexual intercourse between a man and an unmarried woman other than one in slavery or concubinage

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	~~Roman & civil law : illicit~~ intercourse contrary to morality		Illicit intercourse contrary to morality

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	~~Roman & civil law : unchastity~~ of a woman<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stuprum</ref>		Unchastity of a woman <ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stuprum</ref>

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	In [[ancient Rome\|ancient Roman culture]], '''''infamia''''' (''in-'', "not," and ''fama'', "reputation") was a loss of legal or social standing. As a technical term of Roman law, ''infamia'' was an official exclusion from the legal protections enjoyed by a Roman citizen, as imposed by a censor or praetor.<ref>Thomas A.J. McGinn, ''Prostitution, Sexuality and the Law in Ancient Rome'' (Oxford University Press, 1998), p. 65ff.</ref> More generally, especially during the Republic and Principate, ''infamia'' was informal damage to one's esteem or reputation. A person who suffered ''infamia'' was an '''''infamis''''' (plural '''''infames''''').		In [[ancient Rome\|ancient Roman culture]], '''''infamia''''' (''in-'', "not," and ''fama'', "reputation") was a loss of legal or social standing. As a technical term of Roman law, ''infamia'' was an official exclusion from the legal protections enjoyed by a Roman citizen, as imposed by a censor or praetor.<ref>Thomas A.J. McGinn, ''Prostitution, Sexuality and the Law in Ancient Rome'' (Oxford University Press, 1998), p. 65ff.</ref> More generally, especially during the Republic and Principate, ''infamia'' was informal damage to one's esteem or reputation. A person who suffered ''infamia'' was an '''''infamis''''' (plural '''''infames''''').

	''Infamia'' was an "inescapable consequence" for certain professionals, including prostitutes and pimps, entertainers such as actors and dancers, and gladiators.<ref>Catharine Edwards, "Unspeakable Professions: Public Performance and Prostitution in Ancient Rome," in ''Roman Sexualities'' (Princeton University Press, 1997, p. 67.</ref> ''Infames'' could not, for instance, provide testimony in a court of law. They were liable to corporal punishment, which was usually reserved for slaves.<ref>Edwards, "Unspeakable Professions," p. 73.</ref> The ''infamia'' of entertainers did not exclude them from socializing among the Roman elite, and entertainers who were "stars," both men and women, sometimes became the lovers of ~~such~~ high-profile figures.		''Infamia'' was an "inescapable consequence" for certain professionals, including prostitutes and pimps, entertainers such as actors and dancers, and gladiators.<ref>Catharine Edwards, "Unspeakable Professions: Public Performance and Prostitution in Ancient Rome," in ''Roman Sexualities'' (Princeton University Press, 1997, p. 67.</ref> ''Infames'' could not, for instance, provide testimony in a court of law. They were liable to corporal punishment, which was usually reserved for slaves.<ref>Edwards, "Unspeakable Professions," p. 73.</ref> The ''infamia'' of entertainers did not exclude them from socializing among the Roman elite, and entertainers who were "stars," both men and women, sometimes became the lovers of high-profile figures.

	A passive homosexual who was "outed" might also be subject to social ''infamia'', though if he was a citizen he might retain his legal standing.<ref>Amy Richlin, "Not before Homosexuality: The Materiality of the ''cinaedus'' and the Roman Law against Love between Men," ''Journal of the History of Sexuality'' 3.4 (1993), pp. 550–551, 555ff.; Edwards, "Unspeakable Professions," p. 68.</ref>		A passive homosexual who was "outed" might also be subject to social ''infamia'', though if he was a citizen he might retain his legal standing.<ref>Amy Richlin, "Not before Homosexuality: The Materiality of the ''cinaedus'' and the Roman Law against Love between Men," ''Journal of the History of Sexuality'' 3.4 (1993), pp. 550–551, 555ff.; Edwards, "Unspeakable Professions," p. 68.</ref>

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 ===Infamia===
 In [[ancient Rome|ancient Roman culture]], '''''infamia''''' (''in-'', "not," and ''fama'', "reputation") was a loss of legal or social standing. As a technical term of Roman law, ''infamia'' was an official exclusion from the legal protections enjoyed by a Roman citizen, as imposed by a censor or praetor.<ref>Thomas A.J. McGinn, ''Prostitution, Sexuality and the Law in Ancient Rome'' (Oxford University Press, 1998), p. 65ff.</ref> More generally, especially during the Republic and Principate, ''infamia'' was informal damage to one's esteem or reputation. A person who suffered ''infamia'' was an '''''infamis''''' (plural '''''infames''''').
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 '''''Ingenui''''' or '''''ingenuitas''''' (singular ''ingenuus''), was a legal term of [[ancient Rome]] indicating those [[wikt:freeman|freemen]] who were born free, as distinct from, for example, freedmen, who were freemen who had once been slaves.<ref name="DGRA">{{Cite book  | last = Long  | first = George  | author = George Long (scholar)  | contribution = Ingenui  | editor-last = Smith  | editor-first = William  | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities  | volume =   | pages = 637  | publisher = Little, Brown and Company  | place = Boston  | year = 1870  | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0644.html  | postscript = <!--None--> }}</ref>
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	===Ingenui===		===Ingenui===
	'''''Ingenui''''' or '''''ingenuitas''''' (singular ''ingenuus''), was a legal term of [[ancient Rome]] indicating those [[wikt:freeman\|freemen]] who were born free, as distinct from, for example, freedmen, who were freemen who had once been slaves.<ref name="DGRA">{{Cite book \| last = Long \| first = George \| author = George Long (scholar) \| contribution = Ingenui \| editor-last = Smith \| editor-first = William \| title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities \| volume = \| pages = 637 \| publisher = Little, Brown and Company \| place = Boston \| year = 1870 \| contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0644.html \| postscript = <!--None--> }}</ref>		'''''Ingenui''''' or '''''ingenuitas''''' (singular ''ingenuus''), was a legal term of [[ancient Rome]] indicating those [[wikt:freeman\|freemen]] who were born free, as distinct from, for example, freedmen, who were freemen who had once been slaves.<ref name="DGRA">{{Cite book \| last = Long \| first = George \| author = George Long (scholar) \| contribution = Ingenui \| editor-last = Smith \| editor-first = William \| title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities \| volume = \| pages = 637 \| publisher = Little, Brown and Company \| place = Boston \| year = 1870 \| contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0644.html \| postscript = <!--None--> }}</ref>

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			===Infamia===
			In [[ancient Rome\|ancient Roman culture]], '''''infamia''''' (''in-'', "not," and ''fama'', "reputation") was a loss of legal or social standing. As a technical term of Roman law, ''infamia'' was an official exclusion from the legal protections enjoyed by a Roman citizen, as imposed by a censor or praetor.<ref>Thomas A.J. McGinn, ''Prostitution, Sexuality and the Law in Ancient Rome'' (Oxford University Press, 1998), p. 65ff.</ref> More generally, especially during the Republic and Principate, ''infamia'' was informal damage to one's esteem or reputation. A person who suffered ''infamia'' was an '''''infamis''''' (plural '''''infames''''').

			''Infamia'' was an "inescapable consequence" for certain professionals, including prostitutes and pimps, entertainers such as actors and dancers, and gladiators.<ref>Catharine Edwards, "Unspeakable Professions: Public Performance and Prostitution in Ancient Rome," in ''Roman Sexualities'' (Princeton University Press, 1997, p. 67.</ref> ''Infames'' could not, for instance, provide testimony in a court of law. They were liable to corporal punishment, which was usually reserved for slaves.<ref>Edwards, "Unspeakable Professions," p. 73.</ref> The ''infamia'' of entertainers did not exclude them from socializing among the Roman elite, and entertainers who were "stars," both men and women, sometimes became the lovers of such high-profile figures.

			A passive homosexual who was "outed" might also be subject to social ''infamia'', though if he was a citizen he might retain his legal standing.<ref>Amy Richlin, "Not before Homosexuality: The Materiality of the ''cinaedus'' and the Roman Law against Love between Men," ''Journal of the History of Sexuality'' 3.4 (1993), pp. 550–551, 555ff.; Edwards, "Unspeakable Professions," p. 68.</ref>

	===Ingenui===		===Ingenui===
	'''''Ingenui''''' or '''''ingenuitas''''' (singular ''ingenuus''), was a legal term of [[ancient Rome]] indicating those [[wikt:freeman\|freemen]] who were born free, as distinct from, for example, freedmen, who were freemen who had once been slaves.<ref name="DGRA">{{Cite book \| last = Long \| first = George \| author = George Long (scholar) \| contribution = Ingenui \| editor-last = Smith \| editor-first = William \| title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities \| volume = \| pages = 637 \| publisher = Little, Brown and Company \| place = Boston \| year = 1870 \| contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0644.html \| postscript = <!--None--> }}</ref>		'''''Ingenui''''' or '''''ingenuitas''''' (singular ''ingenuus''), was a legal term of [[ancient Rome]] indicating those [[wikt:freeman\|freemen]] who were born free, as distinct from, for example, freedmen, who were freemen who had once been slaves.<ref name="DGRA">{{Cite book \| last = Long \| first = George \| author = George Long (scholar) \| contribution = Ingenui \| editor-last = Smith \| editor-first = William \| title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities \| volume = \| pages = 637 \| publisher = Little, Brown and Company \| place = Boston \| year = 1870 \| contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0644.html \| postscript = <!--None--> }}</ref>