[IDEM libro decimo de officio proconsulis. ] §48.20.6.prDiuus Hadrianus Aquilio Braduae rescripsit: 'Panniculariae causa quemadmodum intellegi debeat, ex ipso nomine apparet.
[THE SAME, from the Tenth Book on the Office of Proconsul.] The Divine Hadrian wrote in a rescript to Aquilius Bradua: "How the matter of 'pannicularia' should be understood is clear from the name itself.
non enim bona damnatorum pannicularia significari quis probe dixerit, nec, si zonam circa se habuerit, protinus aliquis sibi uindicare debebit: sed uestem qua is fuerit indutus, aut nummulos in uentralem, quos uictus sui causa in promptu habuerit, aut leues anulos, id est quae rem non excedit aureorum quinque.
For no one would rightly say that the property of the condemned is meant by 'pannicularia'; nor, if he has a belt around himself, should anyone immediately claim it for himself. Rather, it means the clothing in which he was dressed, or the small coins in his money-belt which he had ready at hand for his sustenance, or light rings—that is, what does not exceed the value of five aurei.
alioquin si quis damnatus digito habuerit aut sardonychica aut aliam gemmam magni pretii uel si quod chirographum magnae pecuniae in sinu habuerit, nullo iure illud in pannicularia ratione retinebitur'. pannicularia sunt ea, quae in custodiam receptus secum attulit: spolia, quibus indutus est, cum quis ad supplicium ducitur, ut et ipsa appellatio ostendit.
Otherwise, if any condemned person has on his finger either a sardonyx or another gem of great value, or if he has a promissory note for a large sum of money in his pocket, by no right will that be retained under the heading of 'pannicularia'." The "pannicularia" are those things which a person received into custody brought with him: the spoils in which he is dressed when he is led to execution, as the designation itself also shows.
ita neque speculatores ultro sibi uindicent neque optiones ea desiderent, quibus spoliatur, quo momento quis punitus est, hanc rationem non compendio suo debent praesides uertere, sed nec pati optiones siue commentarienses ea pecunia abuti, sed debent ad ea seruari, quae iure praesidum solent erogari, ut puta chartiaticum quibusdam officialibus inde subscribere, uel si qui fortiter fecerint milites, inde eis donare: barbaros etiam inde munerari uenientes ad se uel legationis uel alterius rei causa.
Therefore, neither should executioners of their own accord claim them for themselves, nor should assistants desire those things of which a person is stripped at the moment he is punished. Governors ought not to turn this account to their own profit, nor should they allow assistants or record-keepers to abuse this money; rather, they must be preserved for those purposes which are customarily paid out by the authority of the governors, such as, for instance, to write down allowance for paper from there to certain officials, or, if any soldiers have acted bravely, to make them a present from there, or also to reward barbarians coming to them either on account of an embassy or for some other matter.
plerumque etiam inde conrasas pecunias praesides ad fiscum transmiserunt: quod perquam nimiae diligentiae est, cum sufficiat, si quis non in usus proprios uerterit, sed ad utilitatem officii patiatur deseruire.
Often, governors have even transmitted money scraped together from there to the treasury; which is a matter of excessive diligence, since it is sufficient if one does not turn it to his own use but allows it to serve the utility of the office.