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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.4.6.pr

Melting Consecrated Imperial Statues and Treason

Passage 8169 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that melting down already consecrated statues or images of the emperor, or committing similar acts, is subject to liability under the Julian law on treason.

[UENULEIUS SATURNINUS libro secundo de iudiciis publicis. ] §48.4.6.prQui statuas aut imagines imperatoris iam consecratas conflauerint aliudue quid simile admiserint, lege Iulia maiestatis tenentur.
[VENULEIUS SATURNINUS, Book 2 on Public Trials] Those who melt down statues or images of the emperor that have already been consecrated, or commit any other similar act, are liable under the Julian law on treason.

Notes

  1. §48.4.6.prlege Iulia maiestatis tenentur — The passive verb form tenentur, accompanied by an ablative, is used in legal contexts to mean 'to be bound by' or 'to be held liable under' a specific law.
  2. §48.4.6.prconflauerint ... admiserint — Both verbs in the relative clause are in the future perfect (or perfect subjunctive), representing hypothetical actions that must have been completed prior to the state of liability expressed by the present tense (tenentur) in the main clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.4.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.4.6.pr

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