Illés, Imre Áron2021-06-282021-06-282020-07-08Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, Vol. 52 (2016) , 53–610418-453Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317242Modern scholars usually examine what the municipal charters tell us about the local administration, the legal processes etc. They are annoyed whenever the texts – using only references or ambiguous terminology – do not explain something that is not known to us. It is much rarer for them to examine whether the average inhabitant of a city was able to understand the legal topics which are obscure even for modern jurists. In this paper I try to map the knowledge necessary to understand and apply the municipal charters.application/pdfmunicipal administrationRoman lawlex municipii Tarentinitabula Heracleensislex Ursonensislex Irnitanalex municipii TroesmensiumfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessActa Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensishttps://doi.org/10.22315/ACD/2016/4Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis152Acta Class. Univ. Sci. Debr.2732-3390