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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.17.1.pr

Conditions for the Prefect of Egypt to Lose Imperium

Passage 202 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates the timing for the Prefect of Egypt to lay down his office and imperium, requiring his successor's entry into Alexandria rather than merely into the province.

[ULPIANUS libro quinto decimo ad edictum. ] §1.17.1.prPraefectus Aegypti non prius deponit praefecturam et imperium, quod ad similitudinem proconsulis lege sub Augusto ei datum est, quam Alexandriam ingressus sit successor eius, licet in prouinciam uenerit: et ita mandatis eius continetur.
[ULPIANUS, from the fifteenth book On the Edict.] The prefect of Egypt does not lay down his prefecture and imperium, which was given to him by a law under Augustus in likeness to a proconsul, until his successor has entered Alexandria, even though the successor has arrived in the province; and it is so contained in his instructions.

Notes

  1. §1.17.1.prnon prius ... quam — A correlative structure with non prius ... quam ('not... until'). It takes the subjunctive perfect ingressus sit to indicate the temporal limit before which the action does not occur.
  2. §1.17.1.prquod — The relative pronoun quod (neuter singular nominative) has the immediate antecedent imperium (neuter noun), excluding the feminine praefecturam. Thus, the passive verb datum est is also in the neuter singular.
  3. §1.17.1.prlicet in prouinciam uenerit — The concessive conjunction licet is used with the subjunctive perfect uenerit ('although he has arrived'). The subject of uenerit is omitted but understood from the context as successor eius (his successor). It emphasizes that merely entering the province is insufficient; physical entry into Alexandria is required.
  4. §1.17.1.prmandatis eius — The genitive eius refers to the Praefectus Aegypti (Prefect of Egypt). The phrase refers to the specific administrative instructions (mandata) issued by the emperor to the prefect.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.17.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.17.1.pr

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