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Gaius (jurist)

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

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