- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
- Translation
- AI-generated (gemini-3.5-flash) — machine translation; may contain errors
- Languages
- 日本語 · English · 简体中文 · 한국어
- CTS URN
- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.16.8.pr
- Generated
- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-24
It explains that the proconsul holds the supreme authority in his province, second only to the emperor (princeps).
[IDEM libro trigensimo nono ad edictum.]
[THE SAME, from the thirty-ninth book On the Edict.]
et ideo maius imperium in ea prouincia habet omnibus1 post principem2
And therefore he has a greater power in that province than anyone else, after the emperor.
- 1.16.8.promnibus
Ablative of comparison modifying the comparative maius, meaning "than everyone else."
- 1.16.8.prpost principem
A prepositional phrase with post and the accusative, expressing a limitation in rank: "after the princeps" (i.e., second only to the emperor).
