Ulpian
Sign in to saveUlpian (; ; 223 or 228) was a Roman jurist born in Tyre in Roman Syria (modern Lebanon). He moved to Rome and rose to become considered one of the great legal authorities of his time. He was one of the five jurists upon whom decisions were to be based according to the Law of Citations of Valentinian III, and supplied the Justinian Digest about a third of its contents.
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Ulpian was a Roman jurist from Tyre who became one of the most influential legal authorities of his era, eventually being designated as one of five jurists whose opinions were legally binding under Roman law. His legal writings were so extensive and authoritative that they made up roughly a third of the Justinian Digest, a foundational legal compilation that shaped legal systems for centuries to come.
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- Born
- 0170-00-00
- Died
- 0228-00-00
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Domitii Ulpiani quae in primum Digestorum librum migrarunt fragmenta
- Corpus juris civilis academicum parisiense
- Le trésor de l'ancienne jurisprudence romaine
- The commentaries of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian
- XXIX tituli ex corpore Ulpiani
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- Person.name
- Ulpian
- Person.image
- Statue dedans le Palais de justice.JPG
- Person.caption
- 19th-century statue of Ulpian in the neoclassical Palais de Justice in Brussels, Belgium.
- Person.birth_date
- 170 AD
- Person.birth_place
- Tyre, Roman Syria
- Person.death_date
- 228 AD (aged 57–58)
Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to Ulpian, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Ulpian (; ; 223 or 228) was a Roman jurist born in Tyre in Roman Syria (modern Lebanon). He moved to Rome and rose to become considered one of the great legal authorities of his time. He was one of the five jurists upon whom decisions were to be based according to the Law of Citations of Valentinian III, and supplied the Justinian Digest about a third of its contents.
==Biography==
