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Commentum p. 62,9-22 Th = Campbell, p. 62,13-21

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    Author: Commentum
    Inscription: Commentum p. 62,9-22 Th = Campbell, p. 62,13-21
    Keywords: flumen
    Classification: 9. Water as a border

Content

    Fluss als Grenze

Text

    De modo quaestiones fere in agris diuisis et assignatis nascuntur, item quaestoriis et uectigalibus subiectis, quoniam scilicet in aere scripturae modus conprehensus est. quod semper erit ad formam respiciendum. et hoc si duobus possessoribus conueniat. ali[o]qui<d ex modo illo, qui aere scripturae continetur, forma liquebit, etiam si dominus aliquid uendidisset. namque hoc comperi in Samnio: ut agri quos diuus Vespasianus ueteranis assignauerat, eos ab ipsis quibus assignati erantiam aliter possideri. quidam enim emerunt aliqua loca adieceruntque suis finibus et ipsud, uel uia finiente uel flumine uel alio quolibet genere: sed nec uendentes ex acceptis suis aut ementes adicientesque ad accepta[s] sua[s] certum modum taxauerunt, sed ut quisque modus aliqua, ut dixi, aut uia aut flumine aut aliquo genere finiri potuit, ita uendiderunt emeruntque.

Translation

    Disputes about area usually arise in divided and allocated lands, and similarly in quaestorian lands, and in lands subject to rent, since of course the area is included on the bronze map and in the written record. This question must always be examined in relation to a map. (And we must also watch out for the following point), namely, if in the case of two landholders, there is a measure of agreement in respect of parts of the area written down in the bronze record; and the map ... (?) even though one owner has sold something. For I discovered this fact in Samnium, namely, that lands which the divine Vespasian had allocated to veterans were still occupied by the people to whom they had been allocated, but in a different way. For some had bought certain sites and added that (area) to their own land, making a boundary by means of a road, or a river, or any way at all. But neither those who sold part of their holdings, nor those who bought and added something to theirs, worked out a definite area, but sold or bought in so far as each area could· be demarcated, as I have pointed out, by some road, or river, or any other method.

Reference

    Brian Campbell, (Hrsg.): The writings of the Roman land surveyors. Introduction, translation and commentary, (SPRS JRS Monograph 9), London 2000, S. 63.

DOI

10.17171/1-10-480

Citation

Roman Water Law Project, Roman Water Law, Commentum p. 62,9-22 Th = Campbell, p. 62,13-21, 2018, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-10-480

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DOI: 10.17171/1-10-480
Title: Commentum p. 62,9-22 Th = Campbell, p. 62,13-21
Creator: Roman Water Law Project
Publisher: Edition Topoi
Publication Year: 2018
Collection: Roman Water Law
Resource Type: Dataset
Date (Update): 20.03.2018
Holder digital source: Exzellenzcluster 264 – Topoi
Rights: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE
Subjects: Roman Law, Legal history, Ancient History
Version: 1.0