[POMPONIUS libro singulari enchiridii. ] §1.2.2.39Post hos fuerunt PUBLIUS MUCIUS et BRUTUS et MANILIUS, qui fundauerunt ius ciuile.
After them were Publius Mucius, Brutus, and Manilius, who founded the civil law.
ex his Publius Mucius etiam decem libellos reliquit, Brutus septem, Manilius tres: et extant uolumina scripta Manilii monumenta.
Of these, Publius Mucius also left ten booklets, Brutus seven, and Manilius three; and the written volumes of Manilius are extant as monuments.
illi duo consulares fuerunt, Brutus praetorius, Publius autem Mucius etiam pontifex maximus.
Those two were of consular rank, Brutus of praetorian, and Publius Mucius was also pontifex maximus.
§1.2.2.40Ab his profecti sunt PUBLIUS RUTILIUS RUFUS, qui Romae consul et Asiae proconsul fuit, PAULUS UERGINIUS et QUINTUS TUBERO ille stoicus Pansae auditor, qui et ipse consul.
From these departed Publius Rutilius Rufus, who was consul at Rome and proconsul of Asia, Paulus Verginius, and Quintus Tubero, that Stoic, a pupil of Pansa, who was himself also consul.
etiam SEXTUS POMPEIUS Gnaei Pompeii patruus fuit eodem tempore: et COELIUS ANTIPATER, qui historias conscripsit, sed plus eloquentiae quam scientiae iuris operam dedit: etiam LUCIUS CRASSUS frater Publii Mucii, qui Munianus dictus est: hunc Cicero ait iurisconsultorum disertissimum.
Also Sextus Pompeius, the paternal uncle of Gnaeus Pompeius, lived at the same time; and Coelius Antipater, who wrote histories but devoted more effort to eloquence than to the knowledge of law; also Lucius Crassus, the brother of Publius Mucius, who was called Munianus; Cicero says that he was the most eloquent of jurists.
§1.2.2.41Post hos QUINTUS MUCIUS Publii filius pontifex maximus ius ciuile primus constituit generatim in libros decem et octo redigendo.
After them, Quintus Mucius, son of Publius, pontifex maximus, first established the civil law systematically by reducing it into eighteen books.
§1.2.2.42Mucii auditores fuerunt complures, sed praecipuae auctoritatis AQUILIUS GALLUS, BALBUS LUCILIUS, SEXTUS PAPIRIUS, GAIUS IUUENTIUS: ex quibus Gallum maximae auctoritatis apud populum fuisse Seruius dicit.
Mucius's pupils were numerous, but of chief authority were Aquilius Gallus, Balbus Lucilius, Sextus Papirius, and Gaius Juventius; of whom Servius says that Gallus was of the greatest authority among the people.
omnes tamen hi a Seruio Sulpicio nominantur: alioquin per se eorum scripta non talia exstant, ut ea omnes appetant: denique nec uersantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum, sed Seruius libros suos compleuit, pro cuius scriptura ipsorum quoque memoria habetur.
Yet all of these are named by Servius Sulpicius; otherwise, their own writings are not extant in such a form that everyone would seek them; in short, their writings do not circulate at all in the hands of men, but Servius filled his own books, through whose writing the memory of these men is also preserved.
§1.2.2.43SERUIUS autem SULPICIUS cum in causis orandis primum locum aut pro certo post Marcum Tullium optineret, traditur ad consulendum Quintum Mucium de re amici sui peruenisse cumque eum sibi respondisse de iure Seruius parum intellexisset, iterum Quintum interrogasse et a Quinto Mucio responsum esse nec tamen percepisse, et ita obiurgatum esse a Quinto Mucio: nam||que eum dixisse turpe esse patricio et nobili et causas oranti ius in quo uersaretur ignorare.
Now Servius Sulpicius, while holding the first place, or certainly the second after Marcus Tullius in pleading cases, is recorded to have come to consult Quintus Mucius concerning the business of a friend of his. When Servius did not fully understand what Mucius had answered him concerning the law, he questioned Quintus again, and was answered by Quintus Mucius, but still did not grasp it, and was thus scolded by Quintus Mucius; for he said that it was disgraceful for a patrician, a noble, and a pleader of cases to be ignorant of the law with which he was concerned.
ea uelut contumelia Seruius tactus operam dedit iuri ciuili et plurimum eos, de quibus locuti sumus, audiit, institutus a Balbo Lucilio, instructus autem maxime a Gallo Aquilio, qui fuit Cercinae: itaque libri complures eius extant Cercinae confecti.
Touched by this insult, as it were, Servius devoted himself to the civil law and attended the lectures of those whom we have mentioned, being introduced by Balbus Lucilius and instructed chiefly by Gallus Aquilius, who was at Cercina; and so several books of his, written at Cercina, are extant.
hic cum in legatione perisset, statuam ei populus Romanus pro rostris posuit, et hodieque exstat pro rostris Augusti.
When he died while on an embassy, the Roman people placed a statue of him in front of the Rostra, and even today it stands before the Rostra of Augustus.
huius uolumina complura exstant: reliquit autem prope centum et octaginta libros.
Many of his volumes are extant; indeed, he left nearly one hundred and eighty books.
§1.2.2.44Ab hoc plurimi profecerunt, fere tamen hi libros conscripserunt: ALFENUS UARUS GAIUS, AULUS OFILIUS, TITUS CAESIUS, AUFIDIUS TUCCA, AUFIDIUS NAMUSA, FLAUIUS PRISCUS, GAIUS ATEIUS, PACUUIUS LABEO ANTISTIUS Labeonis Antisti pater, CINNA, PUBLICIUS GELLIUS. ex his decem libros octo conscripserunt, quorum omnes qui fuerunt libri digesti sunt ab Aufidio Namusa in centum quadraginta libros.
From him very many progressed, but chiefly these wrote books: Alfenus Varus Gaius, Aulus Ofilius, Titus Caesius, Aufidius Tucca, Aufidius Namusa, Flavius Priscus, Gaius Ateius, Pacuvius Labeo Antistius (father of Labeo Antistius), Cinna, and Publicius Gellius. Of these ten, eight wrote books, all of whose books were arranged by Aufidius Namusa into one hundred and forty books.
ex his auditoribus plurimum auctoritatis habuit Alfenus Uarus et Aulus Ofilius, ex quibus Uarus et consul fuit, Ofilius in equestri ordine perseuerauit.
Of these pupils, Alfenus Varus and Aulus Ofilius had the most authority, of whom Varus was even consul, while Ofilius remained in the equestrian order.
is fuit Caesari familiarissimus et libros de iure ciuili plurimos et qui omnem partem operis fundarent reliquit.
He was very intimate with Caesar and left very many books on civil law which founded every part of the work.
nam de legibus uicensimae primus conscribit: de iurisdictione idem edictum praetoris primus diligenter composuit, nam ante eum Seruius duos libros ad Brutum perquam breuissimos ad edictum subscriptos reliquit.
For he was the first to write on the laws of the twentieth; likewise, he was the first to arrange carefully the praetor's edict concerning jurisdiction, for before him Servius had left only two very short books addressed to Brutus subscribed to the edict.
§1.2.2.45Fuit eodem tempore et TREBATIUS, qui idem Corneli Maximi auditor fuit: AULUS CASCELLIUS, Quintus Mucius Uolusii auditor, denique in illius honorem testamento Publium Mucium nepotem eius reliquit heredem.
At the same time was also Trebatius, who was likewise a pupil of Cornelius Maximus; and Aulus Cascellius, a pupil of Volusius, who was himself a pupil of Quintus Mucius, and finally, in honor of him, Cascellius left Mucius's grandson Publius Mucius as his heir by will.
fuit autem quaestorius nec ultra proficere uoluit, cum illi etiam Augustus consulatum offerret.
He was of quaestorian rank and did not wish to advance further, although Augustus even offered him the consulship.
ex his Trebatius peritior Cascellio, Cascellius Trebatio eloquentior fuisse dicitur, Ofilius utroque doctior.
Of these, Trebatius is said to have been more skilled than Cascellius, Cascellius more eloquent than Trebatius, and Ofilius more learned than both.
Cascellii scripta non exstant nisi unus liber bene dictorum, Trebatii complures, sed minus frequentantur.
The writings of Cascellius are not extant except for one book of witty sayings, while those of Trebatius are numerous but less frequented.