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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.22.6.pr-48.22.6.2

Procedure for Deportation to an Island and Decurions

Passage 8444 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text describes the process regarding deportation to an island, which is not granted to provincial governors but requires the emperor's approval, as well as a imperial rescript on deporting or relegating decurions.

[ULPIANUS libro nono de officio proconsulis. ] §48.22.6.prInter poenas est etiam insulae deportatio, quae poena adimit ciuitatem Romanam.
[ULPIAN, On the Office of Proconsul, Book IX.] Among punishments there is also deportation to an island, which punishment deprives one of Roman citizenship.
§48.22.6.1Deportandi autem in insulam ius praesidibus prouinciae non est datum, licet praefecto urbi detur: hoc enim epistula diui Seueri ad Fabium Cilonem praefectum urbi expressum est.
However, the power of deporting someone to an island is not given to the governors of provinces, though it is given to the prefect of the city: for this was explicitly stated in a letter of the deified Severus to Fabius Cilo, the prefect of the city.
praesides itaque prouinciae quotiens aliquem in insulam deportandum putent, hoc ipsum adnotare debeant, nomen uero eius scribendum principi, ut in insulam deportetur: sic deinde principi scribere missa plena opinione, ut princeps aestimet, an sequenda sit eius sententia deportarique in insulam debeat.
Therefore, whenever governors of provinces think that someone should be deported to an island, they ought to note this very fact, but his name must be written to the emperor so that he may be deported to an island: and then they should write to the emperor, having sent a full opinion, so that the emperor may estimate whether his opinion should be followed and whether the person ought to be deported to an island.
medio autem tempore, dum scribitur, iubere eum debet in carcere esse.
In the meantime, however, while the letter is being written, the governor must order him to be in prison.
§48.22.6.2Decuriones ciuitatium propter capitalia crimina deportandos uel relegandos diui fratres rescripserunt.
The deified brothers replied by rescript that the decurions of municipalities should be deported or relegated on account of capital crimes.
denique Priscum in homicidio et incendio nominatim ante quaestionem confessum in insulam deportari iusserunt.
Finally, they ordered Priscus, who had confessed by name before torture in a case of homicide and arson, to be deported to an island.

Notes

  1. §48.22.6.1nomen uero eius scribendum principi, ut in insulam deportetur: sic deinde principi scribere — The phrase 'nomen... scribendum' is a gerundive construction with 'esse' omitted, expressing obligation. 'principi' is a dative of agent or reference, meaning 'to the emperor.' The subsequent infinitive 'scribere' is best understood as depending on the earlier governing verb 'debeant', with the governors ('praesides') as the subject.
  2. §48.22.6.2Decuriones ciuitatium propter capitalia crimina deportandos uel relegandos diui fratres rescripserunt. — 'diui fratres' (the deified brothers, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) is the subject of the main clause. The verb 'rescripserunt' takes an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction, where 'Decuriones' is the subject accusative, and 'deportandos uel relegandos [esse]' serves as the infinitive clause expressing obligation/necessity.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.22.6.pr-48.22.6.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.22.6.pr-48.22.6.2

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