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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.16.1.pr

Scope of Proconsular Insignia and Territorial Authority

Passage 186 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Defines the scope of a proconsul's authority and insignia, establishing that while the insignia may be worn anywhere after leaving Rome, actual authority is restricted to the assigned province.

[ULPIANUS libro primo disputationum. ] §1.16.1.prProconsul ubique quidem proconsularia insignia habet statim atque urbem egressus est: potestatem autem non exercet nisi in ea prouincia sola, quae ei decreta est.
[ULPIANUS, from the first book of his Discussions.] A proconsul, indeed, possesses the proconsular insignia everywhere, as soon as he has departed from the city; but he does not exercise authority except in that province alone which has been assigned to him.

Notes

  1. §1.16.1.prstatim atque urbem egressus est — The phrase "statim atque" (as soon as) is a temporal conjunction. "urbem" (accusative) is the direct object of the deponent verb "egressus est" (from "egredior"), here used transitively, and by convention refers specifically to the City of Rome.
  2. §1.16.1.prnon exercet nisi — The negative "non" and the exceptive conjunction "nisi" are used correlatively to express a strong limitation, equivalent to "only in" or "not... except in."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.16.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.16.1.pr

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