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Callistratus

Ancient and Roman Law Jurists

Callistratus was a Roman jurist who, according to passages in Justinian's Digest, wrote at least as late as the reign of Septimius Severus and Caracalla, from 198 to 211 AD.

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Roman jurist active under Septimius Severus and Caracalla (AD 198-211), known only through extracts preserved in Justinian's Digest; author of treatises including Libri VI de Cognitionibus, Libri VI Edicti Monitorii and Libri IV de Jure Fisci. 3
Nationality / Jurisdiction
Roman Empire 3
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Field of Law
Civil / Private Law 1
Gender
Male 2
Role
Role (category)
Jurist 3
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1. Callistratus (jurist) (Wikipedia)
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Callistratus, a Roman jurist, who, as appears from passages in Justinian's Digest, wrote at least as late as the reign (AD 198-211) of Septimius Severus and Caracalla.
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2. Callistratus (Wikipedia)
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It may refer to:Callistratus of Aphidnae, Athenian politician of the 4th century BC Callistratus (grammarian), Alexandrian writer of the 2nd century BC Callistratus (jurist), Roman legal writer active in the 3rd century AD Callistratus (sophist), Greek writer of the 3rd or 4th century AD Callistratus, an Athenian poet, known only as the author of a drinking song in honor of Harmodius and Aristogeiton Callistratus, producer of some of Aristophanes' plays and his sometime collaborator Domitius Callistratus, a historian of perhaps the 1st century BC, author of local histories of Heraclea Pontica and Samothrace Callistratus of Carthage, a Christian saint who is said to have inspired forty-nine soldiers to martyrdom in Carthage in the 4th century Callistratus of Georgia (1866-1952), catholicos-patriarch of All Georgia from 1932
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3. Callistratus (jurist) (Wikipedia)
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    Callistratus, a Roman jurist, who, as appears from passages in Justinian's Digest, wrote at least as late as the reign (AD 198-211) of Septimius Severus and Caracalla.
  • Works section
    The numerous extracts from Callistratus in the Digest occupy eighteen pages in Hommel's Palingenesia Pandectarum; and the fact that he is cited by no other jurist in the Digest may be accounted for by observing that this work contains extracts from few jurists of importance subsequent to Callistratus.
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Wikidata: Callistratus
  • Wikidata Q5022820 self-citation (QID resolved for a previously unsourced jurist)
    P31 (instance of): human; QID resolved and verified for this jurist (Callistratus)
  • In Legal System: Roman law, Callistratus, a Roman jurist, who, as appears from passages in Justinian's Digest, wrote at least as late as the reign (
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