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Frontin. p. 2,8-15 Th = Campbell, p.2, 18-23

Bibliographical Data

    Author: Frontinus
    Inscription: Frontin. p. 2,8-15 Th = Campbell, p.2, 18-23
    Keywords: fossa
    Classification: 9. Water as a border

Content

    Fluss als Grenze

Text

    Ager est, arcifinius, qui nulla mensura continetur. finitur secundum antiquam obseruationem fluminibus, fossis, montibus, uiis, arboribus ante missis, aquarum diuergiis et si qua loca ante a possessore potuerunt optineri. nam ager arcifinius, sicut ait Varro, ab arcendis hostibus est appellatus: qui postea interuentu litium per ea loca quibus finit terminos accipere coepit. in his agris nullum ius subsiciuorum interuenit.

Translation

    Land known as arciflinius is land that is not contained in any survey. It is bounded according to long-standing practice by rivers, ditches, mountains, roads, trees previously planted {arbores ante missae},watersheds, and if by any chance places could be acquired by a landholder earlier (i.e. with properly recorded boundaries). According to Varro, ager arciflinius has been given its name from the idea of driving away {arceo} the enemy. Subsequently this land began to acquire boundary markers because of the occurrence of legal disputes in the places where it ends. In this kind of land, rights relating to subseciva have no place.

Reference

    Brian Campbell, (Hrsg.): The writings of the Roman land surveyors. Introduction, translation and commentary, (SPRS JRS Monograph 9), London 2000, S. 3.

DOI

10.17171/1-10-465

Citation

Roman Water Law Project, Roman Water Law, Frontin. p. 2,8-15 Th = Campbell, p.2, 18-23, 2018, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-10-465

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DOI: 10.17171/1-10-465
Title: Frontin. p. 2,8-15 Th = Campbell, p.2, 18-23
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