Herennius Modestinus, or simplyModestinus, was a civil servant and a celebratedRoman jurist, a student ofUlpian who flourished about 250 AD.
He appears to have been a native of one of theGreek-speaking provinces, or probablyDalmatia.[1] Possibly from 223 to 225 AD he was secretarya libellis under EmperorAlexander Severus, and about 228 he waspraefectus vigilum.[2]InValentinian'sLaw of Citations he is classed withPapinian,Paulus,Gaius andUlpian,[1] as one of the five jurists whose recorded views were considered decisive. He is considered to be the last great jurist of the classic age of Roman law.
He is mentioned in a rescript ofGordian III in the year 240 in connection with aresponsum which he gave to the party to whom the rescript was addressed. No fewer than 345 passages in theDigest of theCorpus Juris Civilis are taken from his writings.[1] He is the author of a collection of Responsa and Digesta written in 12 books.
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