Quintus Cervidius Scaevola (fl. ) was a Roman jurist of the

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. Both the ''

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''''Historia Augusta'', "Marcus Antoninus Philosophus"
11.10
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' ( AD 161–180) ''consilium'' or inner circle of advisors. Except that Papinian 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
"Cervidius 1"
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'', 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

Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Ancient Roman jurists 2nd-century Romans Praefecti vigilum Ancient Roman equites {{AncientRome-law-bio-stub