Libri ad Sabinum

work by Ulpian

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The Libri ad Sabinum was a significant legal work by the Roman jurist Ulpian. Composed of 51 books, it offered interpretations of civil law. While Ulpian was a prolific writer known for his clear style, he was more of an editor and interpreter of existing legal ideas rather than an originator of new ones. His writings, along with those of other jurists like Gaius, Paulus, and Papinian, formed a substantial portion of the Digest, a monumental compilation of Roman law commissioned by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. The Libri ad Sabinum is considered incomplete.12

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…major works are the commentaries Libri ad Sabinum (51 books interpreting the civil law; incomplete) and Libri ad edictum (81 books concerning praetorian edicts). Justinian’s compilers, headed by Tribonian, drew heavily on these and other treatises and monographs by Ulpian. A work variously called Tituli ex corpore Ulpiani, Epitome Ulpiani,…
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…major works are the commentaries Libri ad Sabinum (51 books interpreting the civil law; incomplete) and Libri ad edictum (81 books concerning praetorian edicts). Justinian’s compilers, headed by Tribonian, drew heavily on these and other treatises and monographs by Ulpian. A work variously called Tituli ex corpore Ulpiani, Epitome Ulpiani,…
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