Publius Orbius (jurist)

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Publius Orbius was a jurist of the Orbia gens of ancient Rome who lived in the 1st century BCE. He was a contemporary of Cicero, and a disciple of the jurist Titus Juventius. Cicero wrote that Orbius was an inexperienced speaker, but had knowledge of civil law equal to his master's. [1] Cicero also writes that the jurist Titus Aufidius imitated his style. [2]

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  1. ↑ Westvik, Olaf M. Jansen (2005). "On some adjectival forms of comparison in Old English". In McCafferty, Kevin; Killie, Kristin; Bull, Tove (eds.). Contexts - Historical, Social, Linguistic: Studies in Celebration of Toril Swan. Peter Lang. pp. 232–233. ISBN   9783039106257 . Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  2. ↑ Cicero, Brutus 48

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Long, George (1870). "Orbius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 2.

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