La prisión de guerra provoca en la antigüedad la pérdida del status jurídico de ciudadano y de la libertad. El prisionero de guerra tenía la condición jurídica de esclavo, no sólo para el ordenamiento jurídico del pueblo que lo había hecho prisionero sino también para su propio pueblo. Esto afectaba a sus relaciones patrimoniales y también familiares. La tesis estudiaba la condición jurídica y patrimonial de los hijos que permanecían en Roma; una situación transitoria o en suspenso, pendientes del posible regreso del padre y la recuperación de su status jurídico o su muerte en prisión y la consolidación por parte de sus hijos de sui iuris y herederos del padre.

Capitis deminutio minima The purpose of my thesis is to analyse the institute called the capitis deminutio minima. In this respect, it is primarily necessary to describe the meaning of the word caput for the understanding of the whole topic. The first chapter deals with the explanation of the above-mentioned term. The caput of a human being has in Roman Law three elements: the status of liberty, of citizenship and of family, and the subdivisions of the first chapter correspond to it. There, the first subchapter focuses on the persons who are free and those who are slaves; the latter were not considered to be legal persons at all. The following subchapter characterises the rights and duties of Roman citizens and the situation of the foreigners. The last subchapter contains basic information about the Roman family and its members, who are divided into two cathegories - the sui iuris and the alieni iuris. At the beginning the text describes the position of the head of the family (the pater familias), and his powers. The following text examines the conditions of those who are subjected to the authority of the pater familias. The last part of the text demonstrates the importance of religion in the daily life, both for the family and the whole society. The second chapter contains the description of the capitis...