Boethius
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Boëthius · Boetius
in the texts
The Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum)
Roman philosopher alluded to regarding pretexts used against 'barbarians.'
Alter vero obtentus nihilo est iustior, quam ille Graecorum in Barbaros, quo Boëthius respexit:
Nor is there any better justification for the other pretext than the one alleged by the Greeks against the barbarians, to which Boëthius makes the following allusion:
James’ translation, page 194].
Institutes of Roman Law
Late antique commentator on Cicero's Topica who preserved Ulpian's account of the coemption formula.
’ Boethius on Cicero, Topica, 3, 14, quoting from Ulpian, says:
The Rights of War and Peace
Late Roman writer who described the arms/horse distinction as custom of his day in his commentary on Cicero's Topics.
This distinction in moveable things seems to have prevailed in the western parts of Europe, under the Goths, even as far down as to the times of Boetius.