Disputatio:Ius Romanum
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I have trouble following this sentence: "Ius romanum atque scientiam iuris ab ipsis Romanis esse inventa neque in hac arte eos Graecorum praecepta esse secutos nemo est qui neget."
Scanning through: There should be no one who denies: Roman right/law and the science of rights by the Romans themselves was found/invented, and not in this art (the Romans?) followed those received of the greeks. I.e. No one denies that roman Ius and the the science of rights was invented by the romans themselves and that they did not simply follow those handed down by the Greeks.
But then It seems to me that the clause after neque needs a subject Romanos in the accusative since in the previous clause Romanis was in the ablative and sequi is deponent so that it needs an agent in the nominative normally and in this clause in the accusative. Or if the subject of the clause is ius atque scientiam from the previous one then secutos should be changed to secuta.--Rafaelgarcia 16:28, 23 Ianuarii 2008 (UTC)
- 'There is nobody who denies that Roman law and the study of law have been invented by the Romans themselves and that in this art they have not followed the teachings of the Greeks.' The only slight stain on the relative elegance of this period (though not a mistake) is the acc. neuter plural inventa, which refers back to both ius and scientiam.--Ceylon 16:41, 23 Ianuarii 2008 (UTC)
- Oh I see my mistake: eos = Romanos! I had also misunderstood praecepta. Thanks--Rafaelgarcia 17:05, 23 Ianuarii 2008 (UTC)