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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.147.pr

Birth in Contiguous Suburbs Interpreted as at Rome

Passage 8961 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Terentius Clemens states that those born in the built-up areas contiguous to the city of Rome are legally understood to have been born ‘at Rome’.

[IDEM libro tertio ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §50.16.147.prQui in continentibus urbis nati sunt, 'Romae' nati intelleguntur.
[THE SAME, from the third book on the Lex Iulia et Papia.] Those who are born in the contiguous buildings of the city are understood to have been born ‘at Rome’.

Notes

  1. §50.16.147.prin continentibus urbis — The neuter plural ablative of the adjective continens (contiguous, continuous) following the preposition in, used substantively to mean 'the contiguous buildings' or the built-up area adjacent to the city walls. urbis is a limiting genitive.
  2. §50.16.147.prRomae — The locative case of the first-declension place name Roma, identical in form to the genitive singular, meaning 'at Rome', which combined with nati denotes the legal status of being born in Rome.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.147.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.147.pr

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