Gaius (jurist)

Gaius (fl. AD 130–180) was a Roman jurist. Little is known about his personal life, including his name (Gaius or Caius being merely his praenomen). Besides the Institutes, which are a complete exposition of the elements of Roman law, he was the author of treatises on the magistratuum edicta, on the Twelve Tables (Ad Legem XII Tabularum), on the important Lex Papia Poppaea, and on several other topics.

Quotes

• Damnosa hereditas.
  • A harmful inheritance.
  • The Institutes, bk. 2, ch. 163

See also

• Digesta

External links

• H. F. Angus, "The Damnosa Hereditas of Empires" [Review of The British in Asia; Malaya: Communist or Free?; Japan’s New Order in East Asia. Its Rise and Fall 1937–1945, by G. Wint, V. Purcell, & F. C. Jones], International Journal, vol. 10, no. 4 (1955), pp. 288–90
• Anthony Kirk-Greene, "'Damnosa Hereditas': Ethnic Ranking and the Martial Races Imperative in Africa", Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 3 (1980), pp. 393–412