Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

PANDECTAE. PANDECTAE. 859 Books differ materially both in bulk, nunimber of DATE. titles, and number of extracts. The Glossatores C. Aelius " Galluls... a contemporary and their followers, in referring to the Digest, some- of Cicero () times indicate the work by P, p, or II, and some- Claudius e Constntine times by D or f, xwhich according to some writers the Great. 9i represents D, and according to others represents I. Priscus Jasolentis..Nerva and laThe oldest printed English work in which the drian... 2 Digest is cited is Bracton's Treatise on the Law of alvius Jlianus. pupil of Javo- Eregland, and his mode of citation is that of the' lenus... 90 Glossatores. (Iico Discourses by G. Long, London, M. Antistius lseo... Augstu.. 12 1847, p. 1 07.) Aemilius Ml5acer... Alex. Severus. 1 0 There was also a division of the whole Fifty Lucius Volus is Jleciauzss Antoninus Pius 8 Books into Seven larger masses, called Partes, Lucius Ulpius Mseellsis. Thc Antonini. 32 which corresponded to the seven main divisions of u Aeltius ifactrczunu s Caracalla and the works on the Edict, and had also a special Ales. Severus 3a reference to the course of instruction then estab- Juniis Msrzsiciaas2s Antoninus Pius 13 lished. Thus the first Pars comprises Four Books, Rutilius Maximus. Usknon.. () tlhe second Pars comprises seven Books, and so on. Arrius Mena7zdes. Caracalla 3 (Conbst. Tanta, &c. s. 2. "Igitur prima qluidem Herennius Alodestinus a pupil of D. pars," &c.) The number of writers from whose works ex- Qisintus dMiciics Sevoli Ponti41Quintus Al~uchis Scaevola, Pontifex tracts were made is thirty-nine, comprehending Yaximus, conthose Jurists from whom extracts were nmade at sal a. C. 95 second hand, as Q. Mucius Scaevola, the Pontifex, Priscus NAeratihs. Trajan.. 10 from whom four fragments, and Aelius Gallus from whom one fragment is taken; but omitting cius Aemilius Pai s S. Svrs and omuttIne Caracalla 104 Servius Sulpicius Rufus, who is represented by Justus Papirius M. Aurelius. 24 Alfenus, distinguishing Aelius Gallus from Julius Julius Pals.. Alex. Severs 297 Aquila, Venuleius from Claudius Saturninus; as- Poissposias Autoniius Pius 80 suming that there is only one Pomponius, and us? Pocs.. Otho?... 6 omittina Sabinus whose name is erroneously in- iinius C ca.. n 1 1. T 1 {- Licinius u. fnus Caracalla.. l serted in the Florentine Index. (Zimmern, Ges- Massusrius Stbics.. Tiberius.. 1 chichte des RUin. P''iveatrec/ts, p. 224.) Claudius Sas'nu.sizs'TheAotonini. 1 The following is the list of Jurists from whose Qs. Cervidius Scaevla.. The Antonini. 7Is writings the Digest was constructed, as it is given Paternus Talenteszis Colnuodus. ) in the Palingenesia of Hornmelius, who has ar- Clemens Teentisas. Halrianand the ranged the matter taken from each writer under Antoni. 3a - his namne, and placed the nanles in alphabetical Sep. Fore T a S. Svru and order. The dates of the Jurists are chiefly founded CaracallS a 1, on the authority of Zimmern. The figures in the Cadilus Tiyp/oainus S. Severus and third column indicate the proportions contributed CarTculla. to the Digest by each Jurist, estimated in the Salvius Aburnus Vales.. HadrianandAnpages of Hommelius: (a) denotes that the contri- tosiinus Pius 3 bution is under one page of the Palingenesia. cnueiss. The Antonini. 10 This list includes Sabinus. The extracts from Domitius UTpiaatns.. Severus and many of the writers are few and short: those from Alex.Severus G10 UTlpian are more than a third of the whole; anlld next to these the extracts from Paulus, Papinian, It follows from the instructions of the Emperor Julianus, Pomponius, Q. Cervidius Scaevola, and and the plan of the work that the extracts from Gaius, are the largest. the Jurists are not always given in their exact words. It is probable that many short passages DATE. vwere interpolated, or altered, as a matter of necesSextus Caecilius Africanus. Hadrian and the sity, though there seems to be no reason for supAntonini. 24 posing that these changes were carried farther than Alfenus Varus, a pupil of the nature of the case required. Still there is no Servius Sulpi- doubt that the changes are such that the extracts cius Rufus and from the old Jurists cannot be used for many pur. contemporary poses without some caution and judgment. with Cicero 9 The distribution of the matter of the Digest into Fuirius Avltshanus. Unknown.. (a) Books and Titles has evidently been made accordJ ulius Aquila.. perhaps about the ing to a plan, as will be obvious on inspecting the time of Sep. list of Tituli prefixed to the editions. Thus the Severus.. (a) 28th book treats of testaments, of the institution Aurelius Arcadius Charisius, Constan- of a heres, &c., and the 29th of military testaments, tine the Great 2-1 and of codicils, &c.; in fact of matters appertainiilg Callistratf2s Caracalla.. 17' to universal succession by testament: the 30th, Juvesutius Celsus... Domitian and 31st, and 32d books treat of legacies and fiduciary Hadrian. 23 Florentinus Alex. Severus 4 * He must not be confounded with C. Aquilius Gaius... Hadrian and the Gallus, one of the masters of Servius Sulpicius, Antonisi. 72 from whom there is no extract in the Digest.

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.
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