D. 48.19.28.3 (Call. 6 'de cogn.') e la sanzione dei recidivi

The paper analyzes of the text in D. 48.19.28.3 (Call. 6 de cogn.) concerning the criminal punishment of some persons (ordinarily calling themselves ‘young’, qui volgo se iuvenes appellant) that, in turbulent cities, join the clamors of the mob. Callistratus mentions this case in regard of the limits of whipping (ictus fustium), a corrective measure normally reserved to the liberi tenuiores