[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §1.8.7.prSed diui fratres contra rescripserunt.
[ULPIANUS, On the Edict, book 25.] But the deified brothers rescripted to the contrary.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.8.7.pr
Imperial Rescript on Whether a Cenotaph Is a Religious Place
Summary
Ulpian points out that the deified brothers issued a rescript to the contrary regarding the view that a cenotaph is a religious place.
Notes
- 1.8.7.prcontra — Used adverbially to mean "to the contrary." In this context, it refers to the decision of the co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus opposing the view mentioned in the preceding fragment (§1.8.6.5) that a cenotaph is a religious place (cenotaphium ... locum esse religiosum).
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.8.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.8.7.pr
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