5-470: The Sabinian school was one of the two important schools of Law in Rome during the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. The Sabinians took their name from Masurius Sabinus but later were known as Cassians after Sabinus' student, Cassius Longinus . Sabinian views were based on the teachings of Gaius Ateius Capito , Sabinus' instructor and an adherent of conservatism in the reign of Augustus (27 BCE–14 CE). Among
10-619: The 1st and 2nd centuries AD. He was succeeded by a line of jurists including Gnaeus Arulenus Caelius Sabinus ( consul 69 AD), Gaius Cassius Longinus (hence adherents of the school are also referred to as the Cassiani ), Javolenus Priscus , and Salvius Julianus . Gaius Ateius Capito was the founder of the school. They were rivals to the Proculiani , named after Proculus , but despite many references in Gaius to their controversies, it
15-568: The few characteristics discernible in the attitude of the Sabinians was a legal conservatism reflecting their founder. In opposition to the Sabinians was the Proculeian school . A rivalry between the schools lasted well into the 2nd century, when they were united. The most famous head of the Sabinians was Salvius Julianus who succeeded Javolenus Priscus as head of the school. Masurius Sabinus Masurius Sabinus , also Massurius ,
20-640: The judicial process after the end of the Roman Republic . Before the Principate of Augustus , the value of legal opinions was based on the expertise of those who gave them. The passage in the Digest of Justinian that discusses the granting of Masurius's authority is thus a pivotal point in the history of Roman law . Masurius was a leader of the Sabiniani , a school or sect of legal thought in
25-453: Was a Roman jurist who lived in the time of Tiberius (reigned 14–37 AD). Unlike most jurists of the time, he was not of senatorial rank and was admitted to the equestrian order only rather late in life, by virtue of his exceptional ability and imperial patronage . Masurius was the first person to give "state-certified opinions " (publice respondere) , a privilege granted by the emperor which marked increasing imperial control over
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