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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.16.8.pr

Supreme Authority of the Proconsul Second to the Princeps

Passage 193 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that the proconsul holds the supreme authority in his province, second only to the emperor (princeps).

[IDEM libro trigensimo nono ad edictum. ] §1.16.8.pret ideo maius imperium in ea prouincia habet omnibus post principem
[THE SAME, from the thirty-ninth book On the Edict.] And therefore he has a greater power in that province than anyone else, after the emperor.

Notes

  1. 1.16.8.promnibus — Ablative of comparison modifying the comparative maius, meaning "than everyone else."
  2. 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).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.16.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.16.8.pr

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