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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.14.30.pr

Prohibition on Alienating Fiscal Slaves and Their Re-Enslavement

Passage 8551 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The emperors Severus and Antoninus rule that imperial procurators must not alienate the slave-managers of estates devolved to the treasury, and that any such slaves who have been freed must be returned to slavery.

[MARCIANUS libro tertio institutionum. ] §49.14.30.prNe procuratores Caesaris bonorum actores, quae ad fiscum deuoluta sunt, alienent, imperatores Seuerus et Antoninus rescripserunt: et, si manumissi fuerint, reuocantur ad seruitutem.
[MARCIANUS, Institutes, Book III.] The Emperors Severus and Antoninus wrote back that the procurators of Caesar should not alienate the managers of property which has devolved to the treasury; and, if they have been manumitted, they are recalled to servitude.

Notes

  1. §49.14.30.prprocuratores Caesaris bonorum actores ... alienent — The subject of the subjunctive present `alienent` is the nominative plural `procuratores`, while its object is the accusative plural `actores`. `bonorum` (genitive neuter plural) depends on `actores` and serves as the antecedent of the relative clause `quae ad fiscum deuoluta sunt`. The subjects of the subsequent verbs `manumissi fuerint` and `reuocantur` also refer to these `actores` (managers), who were of slave status.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.14.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.14.30.pr

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