# Sextus Pomponius

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2nd century Roman jurist

**Sextus Pomponius** (fl. 2nd century) was a [Roman](/source/Ancient_Romans) [jurist](/source/Jurist) who lived during the reigns of [Hadrian](/source/Hadrian), [Antoninus Pius](/source/Antoninus_Pius), and [Marcus Aurelius](/source/Marcus_Aurelius).[1]

## Name

[Sextus](/source/Sextus_(praenomen)) was a fairly common Roman [given name](/source/Given_name) (*[praenomen](/source/Praenomen)*) while his surname seems to indicate he belonged to the [Pomponia](/source/Gens_Pomponia) [family](/source/Family) (*[gens](/source/Gens_(Rome))*). Other writers have expressed a view that the name Sextus Pomponius was shared by another jurist, although Puchta suggested the assumption of two Pomponii was unsupported by the evidence.[2]

## Works

S. Pomponius wrote a book on the law up to the time of Hadrian, known as the *[Enchiridion](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Enchiridion_(Pomponius)&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Ἐγχειρίδιον, *Enkheidírion*, "Handbook").[3][4] A long excerpt of the work forms part of [Justinian](/source/Justinian)'s [*Digest*](/source/Digest_(Roman_law)) dealing with the origin of the [Roman Constitution](/source/Roman_Constitution) and [various offices](/source/Political_institutions_of_ancient_Rome).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Roby1886_1-0)** Henry John Roby (1886). [*An Introduction to the Study of Justinian's Digest: Containing an Account of Its Composition & of the Jurists Used Or Referred to Therein*](https://archive.org/details/anintroductiont00robygoog). University Press. pp. 172–.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Cursus der Institution, vol. i. p. 444.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). ["Roman Law"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Roman_Law). *[Catholic Encyclopedia](/source/Catholic_Encyclopedia)*. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Smith1849_4-0)** William Smith (1849). [*Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Oarses-Zygia*](https://archive.org/details/dictionarygreek12smitgoog). J. Walton. pp. [494](https://archive.org/details/dictionarygreek12smitgoog/page/n501)–.

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