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Eligibility of Local Citizens as Assessors to Curators

Papinian states that a citizen of the same community is permitted to sit as an assessor on the council of the curator of that community, on the grounds that he does not receive a public salary.

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[PAPINIANUS libro primo responsorum.]

[PAPINIANUS, Opinions, Book One.]

§1.22.6.pr

​In consilium curatoris rei publicae1 uir eiusdem ciuitatis adsidere non prohibetur, quia publico salario non fruitur.2

​A man of the same community is not prohibited from sitting as an assessor on the council of a curator of the community, because he does not enjoy a public salary.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 1.22.6.prcuratoris rei publicae

    Here, "res publica" refers not to the Roman state as a whole, but to an individual local municipality (community). The "curator (rei publicae)" was an official appointed by the emperor to oversee and manage the finances and administration of that city.

  2. 1.22.6.prpublico salario non fruitur

    The verb "fruor" (to enjoy, receive), which governs the ablative case, is used here with the ablative noun phrase "publico salario" (a public salary).

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.22.6.pr