La norma decemvirale «partis secanto»: una nuova ipotesi di studio

The article addresses the exegesis of XII tab. 3.6, according to traditional palingenesis and suggests, as for the topic of sectio, an essentially 'patrimonial' interpretation, already tried in the doctrine but rejected by the prevailing opinion, then developed by analysing the peculiarities that distinguished the V century BC. society, with special reference to the organization of the familia and the key role of the pater. The paper reaches then the final conclusion of an interpretation hypothesis of the decemviral precept that identifies the partes of the sectio in the personae alienae potestati subiectae.