Abbreviations
| Bas. |
Libri Basilicorum (Heimbach 1833) |
| BCE |
Before Christian Era |
| CE |
Christian Era |
| CIL |
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum |
| C. |
Codex of Justinian |
| Coll. |
Mosaicarum et Romanarum Legum Collatio |
| CTh |
Theodosian Code |
| ED |
Enciclopedia del Diritto (65 vols.) Milan 1958–2004 |
| D. |
Digest of Justinian |
| FIRA |
Fontes Iuris Romani Antejustiniani |
| G. |
Institutes of Gaius |
| Inst. |
Institutes of Justinian |
| Lenel, EP |
Lenel, O. Das Edictum Perpetuum (Leipzig 1927) |
| Lenel, Pal. |
Lenel, O. Palingenesia Iuris Civilis (2 vols.) (Leipzig 1889) |
| NDI |
Novo Digesto Italiano |
| NNDI |
Novissimo Digesto Italiano |
| OCD |
Oxford Classical Dictionary4 (Oxford 2012) |
| PS |
Pauli Sententiae |
| P.Oxy |
Oxyrynchus Papyri |
| Pr. |
Principium |
| Rudorff, EP |
Rudorff, A.F. De iuris dictione edictum. Edicti perpetui quae reliqua sunt (Leipzig 1864) |
| SV |
Staatsverträge des Altertums |