Resumen de Savoirs croisés en architecture et en droit à Rome: à partir d’un passage de Vitruve (2, 8, 8-9)
Starting from a new interpretation of a passage from Vitruvius on co-ownership (De architectura, 2, 8, 8-9), the paper focuses on expertise and expert figures in Roman private construction law. Firstly, from a more technical point of view, its aim is to define who the arbitri parietum communium mentioned by Vitruvius were and to determine in what circumstances and according to what methods they operated to estimate the value of a wall. On the other hand, from a more historical perspective, the papers questions the double culture – both in architecture and in Roman law – that the different actors (owners, architects and judges) involved in the conflicts over co-ownership could or should possess.
