collettive ownership

Nuovi dati sulle comunità agrarie dell'Italia antica. I communalia etruschi

The term communalis is only attested in the Gromatici Veteres texts and in two Latin inscriptions, only referring to Etruria. It was used by land surveyors to refer to the lands of the Etruscan rural village, mostly forests and grass lands, which would have kept the original legal status, characterized by a common sharing, even after the Roman colonization, as they were not affected by centuriation because of their utility for the community. This usage of communalis offers new ground to reopen the discussion on the meaning of the Etruscan word muni-.

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