This paper analyzes a fragment of Q. Cervidius Scaevola, recorded in D. 40.4.60 (24 dig. [Lenel 105]). The jurist represents the case of a testator who transferred some money to a man born after the manumissio of his mother. In the text there are three important points on which the author has focused the attention: a question about the status of this man, the praeiudicia that Scaevola recalls in his text, and the bilingualism (in fact the will seems to be written in Greek). Bilingualism is typical of its clients, who seem to come from the periphery.
Graeca in Scevola: clienti della periferia? / Di Nisio, V.. - (2025). ( Centre and Periphery: The Jurists of Rome, Imperial Legislation, and Practice in the Provinces. LXXVIII SIHDA Budapest 28 agosto 2025).
Graeca in Scevola: clienti della periferia?
V. Di Nisio
2025
Abstract
This paper analyzes a fragment of Q. Cervidius Scaevola, recorded in D. 40.4.60 (24 dig. [Lenel 105]). The jurist represents the case of a testator who transferred some money to a man born after the manumissio of his mother. In the text there are three important points on which the author has focused the attention: a question about the status of this man, the praeiudicia that Scaevola recalls in his text, and the bilingualism (in fact the will seems to be written in Greek). Bilingualism is typical of its clients, who seem to come from the periphery.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
