# Chronology of the Landmarks of Roman Law 1

Roman Law and Society, Chronology of the Landmarks of Roman Law, 1. Latin.

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THE REPUBLIC:
c. 500 (?) Ius Papirianum
Pontifical law.
451 Law of the Twelve Tables
304 Ius civile Flavianum
Publication of the legis actiones .
287 Lex Hortensia
Plebiscita given force of law.
286 Lex Aquilia
Foundation of the law of delict.
253 Ti. Coruncanius first plebeian pontifex maximus
Primus profiteri coepit . (Digest 1.2.2.38).
c. 198 Ius Aelianum
Collection of legis actiones by Sex. Aelius Paetus (cos. 198).
c. 150-100 Three “founders” of the ius civile .
P. Mucius Scaevola (cos. 133 and pontifex maximus )
M. Junius Brutus (pr.)
M’. Manilius (cos. 149)
c. 149-125 Lex Aebutia
Permitted use of written formulae in place of ritual legis actiones.
c. 100 Flourishing of the ius honorarium.
Edicts of magistrates expand legal remedies by interpretatio .
Edicta perpetua (tralaticia) .
c. 95 Q. Mucius Scaevola (cos. 95)
Libri XVIII de iure civili.
67 Praetors prohibited from deviating from their edicta .
c. 51 Ser. Sulpicius Rufus (cos. 51)
Nearly 180 books on the ius civile.
c. 39 P. Alfenus Varus (cos. 39)
Digesta in 40 books.
THE PRINCIPATE:
17 Lex Iulia
Formulary procedure made compulsory for all but a few actions.
c. 25 B.C. Growth of the cognitio extraordinaria .
M. Antistius Labeo (“founder” of the Proculiani School)
400 works on the law.
C. Ateius Capito (“founder” of the Sabiniani School)
Augustus grants the ius respondeni ex auctoritate principis .
c. A.D. 50
Proculus
Massurius Sabinus
C. Cassius Longinus
c. 125 Edictum Perpetuum
Julianus draws up Praetorian Edict in final form.
c. 161 Institutiones of Gaius
Early 200’s
Papinianus
Ulpianus
Paulus
Modestinus
212 Edict of Caracalla grants Roman citizenship to entire Empire.
THE DOMINATE:
320’s Constantine “abolishes” and “confirms” certain legal works.
425 The Law of Citations
439 Code of Theodosius
Early 500’s
Visigothic Code (506)
Burgundian Code (c. 500)
Theodoric the Great’s Edictum (c. 508)
530’s Justinian’s Corpus Iuris Civilis
1100’s Rebirth of Roman Law in Western Europe
School of Bologna (“Glossators”)
1900 German Civil Code abolishs the validity of Roman Law in Germany.
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