Massurius Sabinus

Massurius Sabinus was a first century Roman jurist who lived under the emperor Tiberius. Despite lacking the senatorial background typical of jurists of his day, he gained admission to the equestrian order through his ability and imperial favor, and became the first jurist granted the right to give legal opinions with official state backing. He led the Sabinian school of Roman law, a rival to the Proculian school, and his students included Gaius Cassius Longinus, Javolenus Priscus, and Salvius Julianus. His three volume treatise on civil law had wide influence and was still being written about by later jurists such as Ulpian, though no direct excerpts of it survive.