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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.22.13.pr

Ban on Freedmen of Relegated Persons Residing in Rome

Passage 8452 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that a person freed by a relegated individual is not permitted to remain in Rome, as not even their patron is allowed to reside there.

[PAULUS libro. ] §48.22.13.prEi qui a relegato manumissus est Romae morari non licet, cum ne patrono quidem eius liceat.
[PAULUS, from his Book [without title].] He who has been manumitted by a relegated person is not allowed to remain in Rome, since not even his patron is allowed to do so.

Notes

  1. §48.22.13.prEi qui a relegato manumissus est — The dative `Ei` serves as the indirect object of the impersonal verb `licet` and acts as the logical subject of the infinitive `morari`. The relative clause `qui...` modifies `Ei` as its antecedent.
  2. §48.22.13.prRomae — The locative singular of the first-declension noun *Roma*, expressing place where ("in Rome").
  3. §48.22.13.prcum ne patrono quidem eius liceat — The conjunction `cum` takes the subjunctive `liceat` to express cause ("since"). The correlative adverbial phase `ne... quidem` ("not even") emphasizes `patrono` (dative with the implied verb of permission). The genitive pronoun `eius` refers back to the freedperson (`Ei`).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.22.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.22.13.pr

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