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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.18.1.pr

Privileges and Penal Exemptions of Veterans

Passage 8639 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section outlines the privilege of veterans regarding offences and punishments, specifying that they are exempt from being thrown to wild beasts or beaten with clubs.

[ARRIUS MENANDER libro tertio de re militari. ] §49.18.1.prUeteranorum priuilegium inter cetera etiam in delictis habet praerogatiuam, ut separentur a ceteris in poenis.
[ARRIUS MENANDER in his third book on military matters.] The privilege of veterans has, among other things, a prerogative even in offences, namely, that they are separated from others in punishments.
nec ad bestias itaque ueteranus datur nec fustibus caeditur.
Therefore, a veteran is neither given to wild beasts nor beaten with clubs.

Notes

  1. §49.18.1.prut separentur — This ut-clause with the subjunctive present passive third-person plural `separentur` functions as an appositional noun clause explaining the specific substance of the preceding noun `praerogatiuam`.
  2. §49.18.1.printer cetera — Literally 'among other things,' but in this context, it means 'especially among other various privileges (of veterans),' emphasizing the distinctiveness of their privilege regarding criminal punishments.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.18.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.18.1.pr

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