[Footnote 53: The series of the civil lawyers is deduced by
Pomponius, (de Origine Juris Pandect. l. i. tit. ii.) The
moderns have discussed, with learning and criticism, this
branch of literary history; and among these I have chiefly
been guided by Gravina (p. 41 - 79) and Hei neccius, (Hist.
J. R. No. 113 - 351.) Cicero, more especially in his books
de Oratore, de Claris Oratoribus, de Legibus, and the Clavie
Ciceroniana of Ernesti (under the names of Mucius, &c.)
afford much genuine and pleasing information. Horace often
alludes to the morning labors of the civilians, (Serm. I. i.
10, Epist. II. i. 103, &c)
Agricolam laudat juris legumque peritus Sub galli cantum,
consultor ubi ostia pulsat.
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Romae dulce diu fuit et solemne, reclusa Mane domo vigilare,
clienti promere jura.
Note: It is particularly in this division of the history of
the Roman jurisprudence into epochs, that Gibbon displays
his profound knowledge of the laws of this people. M. Hugo,
adopting this division, prefaced these three periods with
the history of the times anterior to the Law of the Twelve
Tables, which are, as it were, the infancy of the Roman law.
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