Other perspectives Kininigen Blog The Roman (in)law. Rome always wanted to rule, and when its legions fell, it sent dogmas to the provinces. Heinrich Heine As I already wrote in the article Man/Person, when I finished the article about the collateral account, I thought that I had covered the topic of slavery and Roman law broadly enough and that it was now finished. However, the need to work through the concept of person brought me back to Roman law. Without understanding this law and its history, its sudden and strange re-emergence from obscurity, where it definitely belongs, it is not possible to explain the legal relationships that still haunt us everywhere today and the “law” that is applied. Because Roman law is implemented meticulously everywhere and still enslaves us today. Whether through so-called “state courts”, their henchmen such as the bailiffs, public prosecutors or the executive branch associated with them. In this post I will be brief