Papinian
Americannoun
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Perhaps, if the preceptors and friends of Cicero were still alive, our candor would acknowledge, that, except in purity of language, their intrinsic merit was excelled by the school of Papinian and Ulpian.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Henry Hart Milman
The ground on which a sacred building is erected remains sacred even after the destruction of the building, as was declared also by Papinian.
From The Institutes of Justinian by John Baron Moyle
Papinian, 48, 2, 2—who adds that she could also do so in a case regarding the will of a mother or father's freedman.
From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Eugene Arthur Hecker
Papinian and Ulpian, the two foremost jurists of the reigns of Septimius and Alexander Severus, bear a reputation as high as that of any of their illustrious predecessors.
From Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail
But it was a period in which the Roman law was in its most flourishing and brilliant stage, under such men as Papinian, Ulpian, and others second only to these masters.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
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