[IDEM libro singulari de manumissionibus. ] §50.1.33.prRoma communis nostra patria est.
[THE SAME, In the Single Book on Manumissions] Rome is our common fatherland.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.1.33.pr
Rome as the Common Fatherland of All Citizens
Summary
A legal maxim declaring that Rome is the common fatherland for all Roman citizens.
Notes
- §50.1.33.prIDEM — The nominative singular masculine form of the demonstrative pronoun idem (the same), referring here to Modestinus, the author of the preceding fragment 32.
- §50.1.33.prcommunis nostra patria — Both the adjective communis (common) and the possessive adjective nostra (our) modify the nominative singular feminine noun patria (fatherland/country). This statement concisely declares the dual citizenship structure where imperial citizens, while retaining their local origin or domicile, regard Rome as their common legal homeland.
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