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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.18.5.pr-49.18.5.2

Veterans' Exemptions and Duties upon Entering the Senate

Passage 8643 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The rules enacted by the deified Antoninus the Great and his father concerning the exemption of veterans from shipbuilding and tax collection, and the exception that veterans who entered the local senate are compelled to perform public duties.

[PAULUS libro singulari de cognitionibus. ] §49.18.5.prUeteranos diuus Magnus Antoninus cum patre suo rescripsit a nauium fabrica excusari.
[PAULUS on Cognitions, single book] The deified Antoninus the Great, along with his father, replied by rescript that veterans are excused from the building of ships.
§49.18.5.1Sed et ab exactione tributorum habent immunitatem, hoc est ne exactores tributorum constituantur.
But they also have immunity from the collection of taxes, that is, they are not to be appointed as collectors of taxes.
§49.18.5.2Sed ueterani, qui passi sunt in ordinem legi, muneribus fungi coguntur.
But veterans who have allowed themselves to be co-opted into the local senate are compelled to perform public duties.

Notes

  1. §49.18.5.1ab exactione tributorum — This refers to the immunity from the 'collection' of taxes, meaning they are exempt from being forced to act as tax collectors (exactores), rather than being exempt from paying taxes as taxpayers. This is clarified by the subsequent clause 'ne exactores tributorum constituantur' (that they are not to be appointed as collectors of taxes).
  2. §49.18.5.2in ordinem legi — Here, 'in ordinem' refers to the class of the local city senate (ordo decurionum), and 'legi' is the passive infinitive of 'legere' (to choose, to enroll), meaning 'to be elected or enrolled.' Dependent on 'passi sunt' (they have allowed/suffered), it describes the situation where veterans voluntarily or without protest accepted being co-opted into the local municipal senate.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.18.5.pr-49.18.5.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.18.5.pr-49.18.5.2

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