The main goal of this article is to present the position, as well as the some of the most
important characteristics of the roman servitudes. Having on mind the fact that they can be
related to the modern types of servitudes, this article gives a detailed explanation of the
ancient roman jurists’ idea how to incorporate the servitudes in the system of the property
law. Therefore in this occasion are especially noted the similarities as well as differences
between the property-legal institutes, and main principles of Roman servitudes.
