The interpretations of the ius fetiale and the inapplicability of modern concepts to the ancient roman culture

Abstract

This article is a stamp and analyzes the historiographical interpretations of the doctrine on the set of rules that constitute
the ius fetiale from the nineteenth century, highlighting the different conceptions of the modern relationship between law and religion in Antiquity. As a consequence of the theories, ius fetiale was and is still often treated as strictly religious, not being recognized as a right, as “international law”, as “foreign public
law”, or “supranational law.” It is observed in these lines from one side to the assumption of the concept of “state” and the mutilation of historical reality, and from the other, the understanding of the Roman universalism, the specificities of their culture.