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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.5.17.pr

Grant of Citizenship by the Constitutio Antoniniana

Passage 81 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that those within the Roman world were made Roman citizens by the constitution of the Emperor Antoninus.

[IDEM libro uicensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §1.5.17.prIn orbe Romano qui sunt ex constitutione imperatoris Antonini ciues Romani effecti sunt.
[THE SAME, in the twenty-second book on the Edict.] Those who are in the Roman world have been made Roman citizens by the constitution of the Emperor Antoninus.

Notes

  1. §1.5.17.prIn orbe Romano qui sunt — The prepositional phrase 'In orbe Romano' modifies the verb 'sunt' inside the relative clause. The entire relative clause 'qui in orbe Romano sunt' acts as the subject of the main verb 'effecti sunt', with its antecedent (such as 'ei') omitted.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.5.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.5.17.pr

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