- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-25
It states the legal rule that a proconsul divests himself of his command (imperium) immediately upon entering the city boundary of Rome.
[ULPIANUS libro secundo ad edictum.]
[ULPIANUS, from the second book On the Edict.]
Proconsul portam Romae1 ingressus2 deponit imperium.
A proconsul, upon entering the gate of Rome, loses his imperium.
- 1.16.16.prRomae
Genitive singular of the proper noun Roma (Rome), modifying portam (accusative 'gate') to mean 'the gate of Rome'. It is not a locative ('at Rome'), emphasizing that crossing the boundary of the city gate triggers the legal loss of imperium.
- 1.16.16.pringressus
Perfect participle of the deponent verb ingredior (to enter), in the nominative masculine singular, agreeing with the subject Proconsul. It functions circumstantially to indicate immediate temporal action ('upon entering') and retains an active meaning.