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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.18.1.pr

Definition of Governor as a General Term for Provincial Rulers

Passage 203 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Macer defines the term "praeses" (governor) as a general term encompassing all provincial rulers, such as proconsuls and imperial legates, whereas "proconsul" is a specific designation.

[MACER libro primo de officio praesidis. ] §1.18.1.prPraesidis nomen generale est eoque et proconsules et legati Caesaris et omnes prouincias regentes, licet senatores sint, praesides appellantur: proconsulis appellatio specialis est.
[MACER, from the first book On the Office of a Governor.] The name of "praeses" (governor) is general, and therefore both proconsuls and legates of Caesar and all who rule provinces, even though they may be senators, are called "praesides"; the designation of "proconsul" is specific.

Notes

  1. §1.18.1.preoque — The ablative of cause eo ("thereby" or "therefore") combined with the enclitic conjunction -que ("and").
  2. §1.18.1.prlicet senatores sint — The concessive conjunction licet takes the present subjunctive sint (3rd person plural) to form a concessive clause meaning "although they are senators."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.18.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.18.1.pr

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