[MODESTINUS libro undecimo pandectarum. ] §50.10.4.prNec praesidis quidem nomen licebit superscribere.
[MODESTINUS in the eleventh book of the Pandects.] It will not be allowed to inscribe even the name of the governor.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.10.4.pr
Ban on Inscribing Governor Names on Public Works
Summary
It regulates that inscribing even the name of the provincial governor on a public work is likewise forbidden.
Notes
- 50.10.4.prNec praesidis quidem — An emphatic negative expression meaning "not even...". It follows the previous rule (§50.10.3.2) that no names other than the Emperor's or the donor's may be inscribed, showing that even the provincial governor (praeses) is not exempted.
- 50.10.4.prlicebit — The third-person singular future indicative of the impersonal verb licet. In legal texts, the future tense is used to denote that the obligation or prohibition holds continuously in the future.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.10.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.10.4.pr
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