Sic. Flac. p. 114,7-24 Th = Campbell, p. 116,11-22
Bibliographical Data
Author: Siculus Flaccus Inscription: Sic. Flac. p. 114,7-24 Th = Campbell, p. 116,11-22 Keywords: rivus Classification: 9. Water as a border
Content
Bach als Grenze
Text
Riuis si fines obseruabuntur, qui non semper singulorum agrorum extremitates ambire possunt, sed per aliquod spatium lateribus quibusdam possessionum fines praestare, intuendum erit an sit consuetudo ultro citroque riuorum aliquas partes agrorum possideri ab his, qui trans riuum contrarios agros habebunt. quidam enim riui ab origine, id est a capite, donec in mari defluant, fines possessionibus praestant, quidam uero ultro citroque transmittunt possessores. quod ipsud requirendum erit an [quod] in consuetudine regionum sit. comperimus enim quibusdam locis per omnem tractum riui finem aliquas particulas agrorum ab eis, qui [e]contrarios trans riuum habent agros, emptas iunctasque eis agris, qui riuo finirentur. quod ipsud non debet nocere exemplo, quoniam emptae particulae aliis agris iungantur. ita transeundi riui non debet haec condicio confundere possessores. quod etiam in fossarum condicione euenire potest, itemque uiarum.
Translation
If boundaries are recognized by means of streams, which cannot always flow round the edges of individual fields, but can provide a boundary over a certain distance for some sides of properties, we shall have to see if there is a custom for some pieces of land to be owned on both sides of streams, by those people who have land opposite on the other side of the stream. Some streams from their source, that is, their head, provide boundaries for properties until they flow into the sea. Other streams however, flow with different landholders on each side. We shall have to consider this very point, to see if it is the usual practice in the regions. For I have discovered that in some places, along a whole stretch of a stream serving as a boundary, some parcels of land had been bought by people who owned land opposite on the other side of the stream, and joined to the land bounded by the stream. The fact that the parcels of land which have been purchased are joined to the other land should not overturn our basic contention (i.e. streams can often form the boundary between properties). So, this situation of having to cross a stream should not disturb landholders. Indeed the same kind of thing can happen in the case of ditches and also in the case of roads.
Reference
Brian Campbell, (Hrsg.): The writings of the Roman land surveyors. Introduction, translation and commentary, (SPRS JRS Monograph 9), London 2000, S. 117.
DOI: 10.17171/1-10-515 Title: Sic. Flac. p. 114,7-24 Th = Campbell, p. 116,11-22 Creator: Roman Water Law Project Publisher: Edition Topoi Publication Year: 2018