Roman Oaths/Pledges

[Tassadar500]

Does anyone know of any Roman Oaths or pledges, for example, upon being elected into the Senate, or to the Emperor/Consul? Preferably with an English translation.

[reds4ever]

"What we do in life echoes an eternity"

[duke o' york]

Is Google no help?

[edit]Nope. Searching for roman oaths produced exactly bugger all. Sorry.

[Tassadar500]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Is Google no help?

[edit]Nope. Searching for roman oaths produced exactly bugger all. Sorry.

Yeah, it just turns up Nazi conspiracy theories.

[Richelieu]

To us and those who love us! **** the others!

[Dr Strangelove]

The words "testify" and "testimony" both had something to do with a Roman pledging the future of the family jewels as bond for his word. I have no knowledge of how often this bond was "collected" upon forfeiture, but perhaps this practice explains why Romans were often so "testy" when matters of honor were at stake.

[duke o' york]

They would be interesting testes cases if tried in court....

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by duke o' york
They would be interesting testes cases if tried in court....

Christ on a bike, thats BAD!!!

[duke o' york]

Sorry.
It's late. (Other excuses to follow if I can be bothered)

[reds4ever]

[Seeker]

Many many many oaths are recorded in Livy.

Generally, anytime a battle goes wrong, the roman commander will make an oath to hold games, build a temple, etc. if the gods grant victory.

For example, Scipio Africanus' oath to hold games and build a temple, etc.

Another common oath was to deposit money in the public treasury or give grain to the plebs, or to reward the soldiers with lands/money.

[DRoseDARs]

Seems like y'all are just trying to google "roman oaths;" are you using the "-" modifier in your search to remove certain irrelevent results from your hits? ie -nazi -catholic