- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
- Translation
- AI-generated (gemini-3.5-flash) — machine translation; may contain errors
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- CTS URN
- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.18.4.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-25
Ulpian states that a provincial governor holds the highest authority in his province, second only to the emperor.
[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo nono ad edictum.]
[ULPIAN, from the thirty-ninth book On the Edict.]
Praeses prouinciae maius imperium in ea prouincia habet omnibus1 post principem.2
The governor of a province has in that province a power greater than all others, next after the emperor.
- 1.18.4.promnibus
Ablative of comparison modifying the comparative maius, meaning 'greater than all others' in the province.
- 1.18.4.prpost principem
Preposition post with the accusative, meaning 'next after the emperor', indicating that the governor's power is second only to the princeps in his province.
