The resilience in rural environments compared to river phenomena in Roman age. A histori
cal and legal perspective · Rural environments in Roman times were dominated by human struggle against an inconstant and often ruinous nature. The writings of Roman jurists from the I century BC to the III AD, and those of land surveyors as well, are full of ideas on the strategies implemented in rural environments to counteract the disastrous effects of river floods. The procedural dynamics provide evidence that, in arranging these means in trial, the magistrates never acted on the basis of a priori choices in favor of one of the interests at stake, but always by means of a wise balance of the interests to be evaluated from time to time in the concreteness of the individual process. Through the analysis of the various issues at stake in the trial it will be possible to evaluate the resilience of landowners towards the environmental catastrophes.
