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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.2.10.pr

Invalidity of Decurion Status by Mere Inscription

Passage 8691 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Modestinus responds that a person who was not legally elected does not become a decurion merely by having their name posted on the roll.

[MODESTINUS libro primo responsorum. ] §50.2.10.prHerennius Modestinus respondit sola albi proscriptione minime decurionem factum, qui secundum legem decurio creatus non sit.
[MODESTINUS, In the First Book of Responses.] Herennius Modestinus responded that a person who has not been appointed a decurion in accordance with the law is by no means made a decurion solely by the posting of his name on the album.

Notes

  1. 50.2.10.prdecurionem factum — The infinitive esse is omitted after factum, forming an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction. The implied subject in the accusative (such as eum) is omitted and serves as the antecedent of the relative clause qui.
  2. 50.2.10.pralbi proscriptione — albi is the genitive of album (the list of decurions), functioning as an objective genitive modifying the ablative proscriptione (posting/publication).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.2.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.2.10.pr

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