Infamia

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Infamia. 1 connected concept: Metrobius (related to).

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The term refers to a juridical exclusion from the standard protections of Roman citizenship.
It was imposed as a legal penalty by officials such as a censor or praetor.
Beyond legal status, it represented a severe damage to an individual's aestimatio, or social reputation.

Summary

In ancient Rome, infamia was a loss of legal or social standing.

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legal and social status affecting the lives of Roman actors
Actors in ancient Rome were generally subject to 'infamia', a loss of legal standing, which defines the social constraints Metrobius lived under.
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Infamia was a formal mechanism in ancient Roman law that resulted in the loss of legal and social standing.

It functioned as a penalty that stripped individuals of specific protections afforded to Roman citizens, effectively marking them as social outcasts.

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