Ulpius Marcellus (jurist)

Ulpius Marcellus was a Roman Equestrian and member of the gens Ulpia. He was a lawyer from Asia Minor.^[1] It is possible he was an advisor to Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.^[2] However, most likely he was not an advisor. This is because of the lateness of his time and the fact that he is not an advisor to Hadrian. Marcellus also wrote several books. The jurist Ulpius Marcellus could be the same Ulpius Marcellus as the Ulpius Marcellus who was a legate and the one who governed Britannia. However, it is unknown if that is the case.

Biography[]

He was a lawyer from Asia Minor.^[1] Marcellus was of either freedman or provincial status.^[3] It is possible he was an advisor to Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.^[2] However, most likely he was not an advisor. This is because of the lateness of his time and the fact that he is not an advisor to Hadrian. It is possible Marcellus was a legate and pro-praetor in Pannonia Inferior sometime between 105 and 180 CE. It is also possible that he was a governor of Britannia from 161 to 169 CE. If he was a governor of Britannia, he would have been ordered to crush an uprising by the Britons by Commodus in 184 AD.^[4] Because of this campaign Commodus took the title of Imperator and Britannicus Maximus. In 158 CE Ulpius may have became Consul.^[5]He wrote at least five books: On the Duties of the Consul, Consultative Opinions, Cervidius Scaevola, and 31 of the Ordered Abstracts. He published notes on Julianus's books Digesta criticizing some of Julianus' free-wheeling innovations. Justinian's compilers excerpted over 120 passages from his work.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Honoré, Tony (2005), Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony (eds.), "Ulpius Marcellus", The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-860641-3, retrieved 2020-06-07
^ ^a ^b Honoré, Tony (2016-03-07). "Ulpius, Marcellus, lawyer, mid-2nd cent. CE". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.6636. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
^ Birley, Anthony (2005). The Roman Government of Britain. Great Britain: OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0199-252-374.
^ Roby, Henry John (1884). An Introduction to the Study of Justinian's Digest Containing an Account of Its Composition and of the Jurists Used Or Referred to Therein, Together with a Full Commentary on One Title (De Usufructu). The University Press.
^ Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. London: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1898.

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[:0-1] Honoré, Tony (2005), Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony (eds.), "Ulpius Marcellus", The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-860641-3, retrieved 2020-06-07

[:1-2] Honoré, Tony (2016-03-07). "Ulpius, Marcellus, lawyer, mid-2nd cent. CE". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.6636. Retrieved 2020-06-07.

[3] Birley, Anthony (2005). The Roman Government of Britain. Great Britain: OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0199-252-374.

[4] Roby, Henry John (1884). An Introduction to the Study of Justinian's Digest Containing an Account of Its Composition and of the Jurists Used Or Referred to Therein, Together with a Full Commentary on One Title (De Usufructu). The University Press.

[5] Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. London: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1898.

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