The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus
Also known as Aelius Paetus, Catus, Sextus Aelius Paetus
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 193
His presence suggests careful thought and measured judgment, the demeanor of one who has spent years wrestling with the complexities of law and justice.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult during the Republic
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 193
- Books
- 1
Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus was a Roman jurist whose tripartite work on jurisprudence was preserved as the oldest surviving work in the field. His legal scholarship laid foundational principles that would influence Roman law for centuries to come.
Description
A Roman jurist of the Republican era with dark hair and a neatly trimmed beard, his bearing dignified and scholarly. He wears a formal toga and carries scrolls of legal text, his intelligent eyes reflecting years of careful study. His appearance conveys the measured authority of one who has devoted his life to the complexities of law.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
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