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§1.16.11.pr

Limits on Legates' Penal Powers and Referral to Proconsul

It regulates that since a legate does not have the power of severe punishment, coercion, or flogging, he must refer matters requiring greater punishment to the proconsul.

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[UENULEIUS SATURNINUS libro secundo de officio proconsulis.]

[VENULEIUS SATURNINUS, from the second book On the Office of Proconsul.]

§1.16.11.pr

​Si quid erit quod maiorem animaduersionem exigat, reicere1 legatus apud proconsulem debet: neque enim animaduertendi coercendi uel atrociter uerberandi2 ius habet.

​If there is anything that requires greater punishment, the legate must refer it to the proconsul; for he does not have the right of punishing, coercing, or severely flogging.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 1.16.11.prreicere

    Dependent on the verb debet, implicitly taking the indefinite pronoun quid from the preceding clause as its object.

  2. 1.16.11.pranimaduertendi coercendi uel atrociter uerberandi

    These are coordinate gerunds in the genitive case modifying the noun ius.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.16.11.pr