La formula di Mucio Scevola

The paper focuses on the clear connection between the creation of the formula and the gens Mucia, as shown by the fresco recently found in the ‘Jurist’s Villa’. The paper also offers some insight on the political opinions of the gens Mucia, as distant from the oligarchy of the nobilitas and inclined to a more democratic position, of which the introduction of the new procedure could be seen as an instance.

Keywords: Formula, Praetor peregrinus, Processo romano, Villa del Giurista, gens Mucia