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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.12.2.pr-48.12.2.2

Penalties for Raising Grain Prices and Detaining Ships

Passage 8310 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the regulations of the Julia Law on the grain supply, specifying penalties for actions or associations aimed at raising grain prices, and for the detention of ships or sailors.

[ULPIANUS libro nono de officio proconsulis. ] §48.12.2.prLege Iulia de annona poena statuitur aduersus eum, qui contra annonam fecerit societatemue coierit, quo annona carior fiat.
[ULPIANUS, in the ninth book on the Office of Proconsul.] By the Julia Law on the grain supply, a penalty is established against anyone who acts against the grain supply or enters into an association so that the grain may become more expensive.
§48.12.2.1Eadem lege continetur, ne quis nauem nautamue retineat aut dolo malo faciat, quo magis detineatur, §48.12.2.2et poena uiginti aureorum statuitur.
It is contained in the same law that no one shall detain a ship or a sailor, or act with malicious intent so that they are further detained; and a penalty of twenty aurei is established.

Notes

  1. §48.12.2.prquo annona carior fiat — Because of the comparative carior, the conjunction quo (equivalent to ut eo, "in order that thereby") is used instead of ut to introduce the purpose clause. annona means the grain supply or its market price, indicating the purpose "so that the grain (price) may become more expensive."
  2. §48.12.2.1ne quis nauem nautamue retineat — A negative substantive clause of purpose acting as the subject of the impersonal passive verb continetur ("it is contained / provided"). ne quis expresses a general negative command ("that no one...").
  3. §48.12.2.1quo magis detineatur — A purpose clause introduced by quo due to the presence of the comparative magis. The subject of detineatur (third-person singular present subjunctive passive) contextually refers back to the preceding nauem and nautam, though the verb is singular.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.12.2.pr-48.12.2.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.12.2.pr-48.12.2.2

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