Quintus Cervidius Scaevola (fl. 2nd century AD) was a Roman jurist of the

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. Both the ''

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''''Historia Augusta'', "Marcus Antoninus Philosophus"
11.10
/ref> and the '' Tabula Banasitana'' attest that Scaevola was a member of

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' ''consilium'' or inner circle of advisors. Except that

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was his student, little more is known of Scaevola's life.

Books

Scaevola is credited with writing several works, from which excerpts have been preserved in

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's '' Digest'':Paul Jörs
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'' Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft'', Band III,2 (1899), Sp. 1988–1993 * ''Digesta'' in 40 books; while books 1-29 have ample extracts, there are few from the last 10, which led Paul Jörs to suspect that part of Scaevola's ''Digesta'' had been lost by the sixth century. * ''Quaestiones'' in 6 books. * ''Responsa'' in 20 books. * ''Quaestiones publice tractatae'' * ''Regulae'' in 4 books

References

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