The decision of Minucii: historical context, translation, and commentary

The article seeks to introduce into scholarly debate the roman judiciary document, which was noted on a bronze plate in 117 b.c. and kept for us important information concerning legal order of a ligurian land community, its relations with neighbours and various forms of roman interference in life of subject territories. In the foreword and commentary to the complete russian translation of the document, which is being published for the first time, the authors try to analyse reasons and meaning of this document, as well as the significance of this source for studies of Italo-Roman society and reforms of the last quarter of the second century b.c.