Publius Alfenus Varus
Publius Alfenus Varus was a Roman jurist and senator in the 1st century BC. Chr.
Life
Publius Alfenus Varus came from Cremona in the Roman province of Gallia Cisalpina . He did not come from a senatorial family, because his father and maybe he himself were shoemakers, presumably the owners of a shoe factory. He was a student of one of the most famous legal scholars and consuls of the time, Servius Sulpicius Rufus . In addition to his legal activities, he was also interested in politics. His rise as homo novus up to the suffect consul in 39 BC. It was certainly also due to the turmoil of the civil war after Gaius Julius Caesar's murder, when many new people entered the Senate and rose among the supporters of the young Caesar (who later became Augustus ) and Mark Antony . His further political career is as little known as the date of his death.
Legal works
Alfenus Varus was an extraordinarily prolific legal writer. Its effect had a significant influence on the development of Roman law , which was also reflected in the codifications of Emperor Justinian . His main work was the Digesta , which comprised 40 volumes. Julius Paulus made an epitome from it. In the digests published under Justinian , however, not only the writings of Alfenus Varus were incorporated, but also numerous publications by other Roman lawyers, such as Publius Iuventius Celsus , Publius Salvius Iulianus and Ulpius Marcellus , but also the importance of Alfenus Varus for this part of the Codex Justinianus can already be seen from the fact that the name of this section was named Digest . Whether Alfenus Varus also wrote the Coniectanea has not been established with certainty.
literature
- Luigi de Sarlo: Alfeno Varo ei suoi Digesta (= Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto di Diritto Romano dei Diritti dell'Oriente Mediterraneo e di Storia del Diritto. 11, ZDB -ID 634840-3 ). Giuffrè, Milan 1940.
- Detlef Liebs : P. Alfenus Varus - A career in times of upheaval. In: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History . Romance Department. 127, 2010, pp. 32-52, doi : 10.7767 / zrgra.2010.127.1.32 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Theo Mayer-Maly : P. Alfenus Varus. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Col. 255.
- ^ Theo Mayer-Maly: Digesta. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, Col. 16-19.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alfenus Varus, Publius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Varus, Publius Alfenus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |