02-24-2015, 07:38 PM
Quote:I think this same 'beaten with rods' expression is used in lists of punishments from which honestiores (including soldiers, civil decurions, etc) are immune...Do you have a reference for that?
Quote:Do not be so eager to deduce anything from english translations.Normally, I would agree with you. In the same passage, the word translated as 'armour for his legs' (tibiale) is defined by Lewis & Short as 'a warm wrappage about the shins, a kind of stockings or leggings'. However, the whole passage relates to the illicit disposal of arms (arma) and goes on to deal with punishment in the case of the sale of 'loricam scutum galeam gladium', so I think it logical to suppose that the jurist was referring throughout to various sorts of armour and weaponry, rather than clothing.
You can see in the Digesta, that the original word is umerale. This is listed by Lewis & Short as a 'covering for the shoulders, a military cape'.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
