This course aims to provide the basic knowledge and the main rules of the Roman Private Law, including the role of the jurists and the sources of law. Propositions of Private Law are supported by references to the original texts, and by the interpretatio of the jurists. The study of Roman Law, in fact, can not be separated from the study of the history of the modes of formation of Law (starting from the XII tables until Justinian’s legislation) and from the historical developments of the institutions of Law. The course will be focused on the reception of Roman Law, and on the codification movements too.