La redemptio ab hostibus e lo status del redemptus

The essay aims to look thourough into the redemptio ab hostibus and the status of the redemptus in its historical development. The research focuses on the redemptio iure commercii, that is to say made by subjects not familiar to the redemptus and whose action was not meant to be a gift for him. It pays attention to the rights granted to the redemptor, to the date and source of their introduction, to their content, to their extention (if restricted to the redemptio ab hostibus, or opened also to the redemptio ab extranei or a latronibus). Fundamental issues are also the relationship between redemptio ab hostibus and postliminium and the connected status of the redemptus