[MARCIANUS libro tertio institutionum. ] §1.8.6.prin tantum, ut et soli domini constituantur qui ibi aedificant, sed quamdiu aedificium manet: alioquin aedificio dilapso quasi iure postliminii reuertitur locus in pristinam causam, et si alius in eodem loco aedificauerit, eius fiet.
[MARCIANUS, Institutes, book 3.] to such an extent that those who build there are even established as owners of the ground, but only so long as the building stands; otherwise, if the building collapses, the place reverts, as if by the right of postliminium, to its former condition, and if someone else builds in the same place, it will become his.
§1.8.6.1Uniuersitatis sunt, non singulorum ueluti quae in ciuitatibus sunt theatra et stadia et similia et si qua alia sunt communia ciuitatium.
Belonging to the corporate body, and not to individuals, are, for example, the theaters, stadiums, and the like which are in cities, and any other things that are common to cities.
ideoque nec seruus communis ciuitatis singulorum pro parte intellegitur, sed uniuersitatis et ideo tam contra ciuem quam pro eo posse seruum ciuitatis torqueri diui fratres rescripserunt.
Therefore, a slave common to a city is not understood to belong to individuals for a share, but to the corporate body; and for this reason, the deified brothers rescripted that a slave of a city can be tortured both against a citizen and on his behalf.
ideo et libertus ciuitatis non habet necesse ueniam edicti petere, si uocet in ius aliquem ex cinibus.
Hence also, a freedman of a city does not need to seek the permission of the edict if he calls any of the citizens into court.
§1.8.6.2Sacrae res et religiosae et sanctae in nullius bonis sunt.
Sacred, religious, and sanctified things are in the property of no one.
§1.8.6.3Sacrae autem res sunt hae, quae publice consecratae sunt, non priuate: si quis ergo priuatim sibi constituerit sacrum, sacrum non est, sed profanum.
Now sacred things are those which have been consecrated publicly, not privately; therefore, if anyone establishes a sacred thing for himself privately, it is not sacred but profane.
semel autem aede sacra facta etiam diruto aedificio locus sacer manet.
However, once a temple has been made sacred, the place remains sacred even if the building is demolished.
§1.8.6.4Religiosum autem locum unusquisque sua uoluntate facit, dum mortuum infert in locum suum.
On the other hand, anyone makes a place religious of his own will by bringing a dead body into his own land.
in commune autem sepulchrum etiam inuitis ceteris licet inferre.
Moreover, it is permitted to bring a body into a common tomb even against the will of the others.
sed et in alienum locum concedente domino licet inferre: et licet postea ratum habuerit quam illatus est mortuus, religiosus locus fit.
But it is also permitted to bring a body into another's land if the owner consents; and even if he ratifies it after the dead body has been brought in, the place becomes religious.
§1.8.6.5Cenotaphium quoque magis placet locum esse religiosum, sicut testis in ea re est Uergilius.
It is also more generally approved that a cenotaph is a religious place, as Vergil is a witness in this matter.