Ulpian

For the Christian martyr from Tyre, see Ulphianus.
Ulpian
19th century statue of Ulpian in the neoclassical Palais de Justice in Brussels, Belgium.
Born170 AD
Tyre, Roman Syria
Died228 AD (aged 57–58)
Rome
NationalityRoman
OccupationJurist
Known forDigest (Roman law)

Ulpian (/ˈʌlpiən/; Latin: Gnaeus Domitius Annius Ulpianus; c. 170 – 223 or 228) was a Roman jurist born in Tyre in Roman Syria (modern Lebanon).[1][2] 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,[3] and supplied the Justinian Digest about a third of its contents.[4]

  1. ^ "Ulpian | Roman jurist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. ^ Liebs, Detlef; Garber, Rebecca L. R. (10 May 2012). Summoned to the Roman Courts: Famous Trials from Antiquity. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25962-1.
  3. ^ Kaiser, Wolfgang (2015). "Justinian and the Corpus Iuris Civilis". In Johnston, David (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law. Cambridge University Press. p. 120. ISBN 9781139034401.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference EB1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).