[IDEM libro primo responsorum. ] §50.12.10.prSepticia certamen patriae suae pollicendo sub hac condicione pollicita est, uti sors apud eam remaneat et ipsa usuras semissales ad praemia certantium resoluat, in haec uerba: 'Φιλοτιμοῦμαι καὶ καθιερῶ ἀγῶνα τετραετηρικὸν ἀπὸ μυριάδων τριῶν, τὸ τοῦ κεφαλαίου αὐτὴ κατέχουσα ἀργύριον καὶ ἀσφαλιζομένη παρὰ τοῖς δεκαπρώτοις ἀξιοχρέως ἐπὶ τῷ τελεῖν με τὸν ἐξ ἔθους τριῶν μυριάδων τόκον, ἀγωνοθετοῦντος καὶ προκαθεζομένου τοῦ ἀνδρός μου, ἐπ' αὖθις δὲ τῶν ἐξ ἐμοῦ γεννηθησομένων τέκνων χωρήσει δὲ ὁ τόκος εἰς τὰ ἆθλα τῶν θυμελικῶν, καθὼς ἂν ἐφ' ἑκάστου ἀθλήματος ἡ βουλὴ ὁρίσῃ'. quaero, an possunt iniuriam pati filii Septiciae, quo minus ipsi praesiderent certamini secundum uerba condicionemque pollicitationis.
[THE SAME, in the first book of Opinions.] Septicia, in promising a contest to her native city, promised it under this condition, that the capital should remain with her and she herself should pay interest at six percent per annum for the prizes of the contestants, in these words: "I benignantly promise and consecrate a quadrennial contest from an endowment of three myriads, myself retaining the money of the capital and providing sufficient security to the decemprimi, on condition that I pay the customary interest on the three myriads, my husband acting as president and presiding, and subsequently the children to be born of me; and the interest shall go toward the prizes of the scenic contestants, as the city council may determine for each event." I ask whether the children of Septicia can suffer an injustice so as to be prevented from presiding over the contest themselves in accordance with the words and condition of the promise.
Herennius Modestinus respondit, quo casu certaminis editio licita est, formam pollicitationi datam seruandam esse.
Herennius Modestinus replied that, in a case where the exhibition of the contest is lawful, the form given to the promise must be observed.