Justinian I, Digest 50.15.1.6
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Caesariensis

, and

Caesarea

are directly attested at Justinian I, Digest 50.15.1.6. This passage was written ca. 530-533 C.E. possibly in Constantinople. Early in his reign, the emperor Justinian directed a comprehensive reform of Roman Law that compiled and edited earlier jurisprudence. This new sole authority on legal matters, the Body of Civil Law (Corpus iuris civilis), contained three parts, the Code, Digest, and Institutes. The Digest, which was compiled under the supervision of Tribonian, the quaestor of the Sacred Palace, in 530-533 C.E., was a compendium in 50 books of diverse earlier writings. This passage quotes a statute by Ulpian from Censuses Book 1, composed ca. 210-225 C.E. in Rome. It defines the legal status of the Vespasianic colony at Caesarea.

In Palaestina duae fuerunt coloniae, Caesariensis et Aelia Capitolina, sed neutra ius Italicum habet.

[Ed. Mommsen and Krueger [1886] 2000]

In Palestine there were two colonies, Caesarea and Aelia Capitolina, but neither has the jus Italicum.

[Trans. Watson 2009]

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[* Justinian, Digest 50.15.8.7]

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