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Emphyteusis
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(hereditary leasehold). The technical term first appeared in an Imperial constitution of AD 386 (Gratianus/Valentinianus/Theodosius/Arcadius Cod. Iust. 11,62,7). Even earlier, the term fundus emphyteutici iuris (Cod. Iust. 11,62,1) crops up in a constitution of 315. Around that time emphyteusis appears, along with the original Roman right to ager vectigalis, as the Hellenistic form of hereditary leasehold. Ager vectigalis is communal land ( ager publicus ) that is made available, in exchange for rent ( Taxes), for cultivation in perpetuity (in perpetuum) (D…

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Schanbacher, Dietmar (Dresden), “Emphyteusis”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e330020>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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