About hereditas, dignitas, adoptio and transmission of power in ancient Rome

A review of the book «Hereditas, adoptio e potere politico in Roma antica» by Attilio Mastrocinque, Silvia Marastoni Beatrice Poletti, edited in Roma by Giorgio Bretschneider Editore in 2011 is presented. It has been translated into Bulgarian in order to present this interesting and significant research of contemporary scholars of Roman history on the topic of inheritance law, which could be of scientific interest and be sought in the specialized libraries of some European universities.The author of the review, Paolo Lepore, traces the main points of the authors – Attilio Mastrocinque, a full professor of Ancient studies and in particular the History of Rome at the University of Verona and two of his assistants: Silvia Marastoni and Beatrice Poletti. They are all devoted to the complex and debated subject of the hereditary transmission of dignitas and of political and moral power in Rome from the Royal period to the Late Empire.