Rechtsgeschäftliches Handeln von Fremden in der römischen Komödie. Fragen der kaufrechtlichen Haftung in Plautus' Persa

The article examines the legal transactions of strangers in Roman comedy and deals with questions of purchase-law liability in Plautus' Persa. The story is about the sale of a supposed slave from a foreign country to a slave trader. In fact, it is a sham transaction, for the supposed slave is actually a freeborn woman. The literary text offers interesting insights into legal practice at the transition from the 3rd to the 2nd century B.C. It shows, among other things, that the law did not act as a means of exclusion for foreigners insofar as legal transactions between foreigners and Roman citizens existed and were considered effective.