[IDEM libro tertio de re militari. ] §49.16.6.prOmne delictum est militis, quod aliter, quam disciplina communis exigit, committitur: ueluti segnitiae crimen uel contumaciae uel desidiae.
[IDEM libro tertio de re militari.] Every offense is a soldier's misconduct which is committed otherwise than common discipline requires: such as the crime of sluggishness, or of contumacy, or of laziness.
§49.16.6.1Qui manus intulit praeposito, capite puniendus est.
He who lays hands on his superior officer must be punished with death.
augetur autem petulantiae crimen dignitate praepositi.
However, the crime of insolence is aggravated by the rank of the superior officer.
§49.16.6.2Contumacia omnis aduersus ducem uel praesidem militis capite punienda est.
Any contumacy of a soldier against a general or a governor must be punished with death.
§49.16.6.3Qui in acie prior fugam fecit, spectantibus militibus propter exemplum capite puniendus est.
He who was the first to flee in battle must be punished with death in the sight of the soldiers, by way of example.
§49.16.6.4Exploratores, qui secreta nuntiauerunt hostibus, proditores sunt et capitis poenas luunt.
Scouts who have reported secrets to the enemy are traitors and suffer capital punishment.
§49.16.6.5Sed et caligatus, qui metu hostium languorem simulauit, in pari causa eis est.
But also a common soldier who, out of fear of the enemy, simulated illness, is in the same situation as they are.
§49.16.6.6Si quis commilitonem uulnerauit, si quidem lapide, militia reicitur, si gladio, capital admittit.
If anyone has wounded a fellow soldier, if indeed with a stone, he is dismissed from service; if with a sword, he commits a capital crime.
§49.16.6.7Qui se uulnerauit uel alias mortem sibi consciuit, imperator Hadrianus rescripsit, ut modus eius rei statutus sit, ut, si impatientia doloris aut taedio uitae aut morbo aut furore aut pudore mori maluit, non animaduertatur in eum, sed ignominia mittatur, si nihil tale praetendat, capite puniatur.
Concerning one who has wounded himself or otherwise attempted suicide, the Emperor Hadrian replied by rescript that a measure for this matter should be established as follows: if he preferred to die because of intolerance of pain, or weariness of life, or illness, or madness, or shame, he should not be punished, but dismissed with ignominy; if he alleges no such reason, he must be punished with death.
per uinum aut lasciuiam lapsis capitalis poena remittenda est et militiae mutatio irroganda.
For those who fell into this through wine or licentiousness, capital punishment must be remitted, and a change of service imposed.
§49.16.6.8Qui praepositum suum non protexit, cum posset, in pari causa factori habendus est: si resistere non potuit, parcendum ei.
He who did not protect his superior officer when he could, must be held to be in the same situation as the perpetrator; if he was unable to resist, he must be pardoned.
§49.16.6.9Sed et in eos, qui praefectum centuriae a latronibus circumuentum deseruerunt, animaduerti placuit.
But it has also been decided that punishment should be inflicted on those who deserted a centurion surrounded by bandits.