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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.5.1.pr

Enactment of the Julian Law on Adultery by Augustus

Passage 8175 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that the Lex Julia on adultery was enacted by the divine Augustus.

[ULPIANUS libro primo de adulteriis. ] §48.5.1.prHaec lex lata est a diuo Augusto.
[ULPIAN, Book 1 on Adultery] This law was enacted by the divine Augustus.

Notes

  1. §48.5.1.prHaec lex — "This law" referred to by the demonstrative pronoun haec is the Lex Julia on restraining adultery (Lex Iulia de adulteriis coercendis), which is the subject of this title (Title 5).
  2. §48.5.1.prlata est — The verb ferre, when used with the noun lex (law), forms the legal idiom legem ferre (to propose or enact a law). Here, it is in the perfect passive third-person singular.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.5.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.5.1.pr

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