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Also known as Domitius Ulpianus

Ulpian (; ; 223 or 228) was a Roman jurist born in Tyre in Roman Syria (modern Lebanon). He moved to Rome and rose to become considered one of the great legal authorities of his time. He was one of the five jurists upon whom decisions were to be based according to the Law of Citations of Valentinian III, and supplied the Justinian Digest about a third of its contents.

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Ulpian was a Roman jurist from Tyre who became one of the most influential legal authorities of his era, eventually being designated as one of five jurists whose opinions were legally binding under Roman law. His legal writings were so extensive and authoritative that they made up roughly a third of the Justinian Digest, a foundational legal compilation that shaped legal systems for centuries to come.

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  • Domitii Ulpiani quae in primum Digestorum librum migrarunt fragmenta
  • Corpus juris civilis academicum parisiense
  • Le trésor de l'ancienne jurisprudence romaine
  • The commentaries of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian
  • XXIX tituli ex corpore Ulpiani

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Quotes

  • It is well known that certain colonies have Italian rights, as, for example, the magnificent colony of Tyre, in Syria of Phoenicia, my birthplace. This city, with its commanding position, great antiquity, and prowess in arms, held tenaciously to the treaty which she had made with the Romans. The divine Severus, our emperor, granted Italian rights to this city as a reward for its signal loyalty toward the republic and the empire of Rome.
  • Princeps legibus solutus est.
  • Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuendi.
  • Honeste vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique tribuere.
  • Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.
  • Nulla iniuria est, quæ in volentem fiat.

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Person.name
Ulpian
Person.image
Statue dedans le Palais de justice.JPG
Person.caption
19th-century statue of Ulpian in the neoclassical Palais de Justice in Brussels, Belgium.
Person.birth_date
170 AD
Person.birth_place
Tyre, Roman Syria
Person.death_date
228 AD (aged 57–58)
Person.death_place
Rome
Person.known_for
Digest (Roman law)
Person.occupation
Jurist

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date of birth
0170-00-00
date of death
0228-00-00
birth name
Gnaeus Domitius Annius Ulpianus
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Ulpianus
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8 objects attributed to Ulpian, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Ulpian (; ; 223 or 228) was a Roman jurist born in Tyre in Roman Syria (modern Lebanon). He moved to Rome and rose to become considered one of the great legal authorities of his time. He was one of the five jurists upon whom decisions were to be based according to the Law of Citations of Valentinian III, and supplied the Justinian Digest about a third of its contents.

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