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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.6.7.pr

Soldiers Serving in Rome Regarded as Absent on State Business

Passage 770 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that soldiers serving in Rome are to be regarded as absent on account of public service.

[ULPIANUS libro duodecimo ad edictum. ] §4.6.7.prMilites plane, qui Romae militant, pro rei publicae causa absentibus habentur.
[ULPIANUS libro duodecimo ad edictum.] Soldiers indeed, who are serving in Rome, are regarded as absent on account of the state.

Notes

  1. §4.6.7.prpro rei publicae causa absentibus habentur — The verb `habentur` (passive of `habeo`, "to be regarded") takes the preposition `pro` with the ablative (`absentibus`) to mean "are regarded as." `rei publicae causa` is an adverbial phrase consisting of the genitive plus `causa` (ablative), meaning "on account of the state" or "by reason of public service," which qualifies the state of being absent (`absentibus`).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.6.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.6.7.pr

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