Gaius Ateius Capito (jurist)
- Gaius Ateius Capito (jurist)
Gaius Ateius Capito (about 30 BCE - 22) was a Roman jurist in the time of emperors Augustus and Tiberius and consul suffectus in the year 5.
Life
Capito was educated as a jurist by Aulus Ofilius. He was active as a jurist and a senator and became consul suffectus in the year 5. He was a strong proponent of the principate which brought him in oppostion to Marcus Antistius Labeo [Tacitus, "Annals" III 75] . In 11, he became "curator aquarum" and was responsible for water supply and regulation throughout the city of Rome [Frontinus, "de aquis" II 102] . In 15, he and Lucius Arruntius were entrusted by Tiberius to work on a plan to confine the river Tiber after heavy floods, but the project was not carried out due to heavy resistance from the populace [Tacitus, "Annals" I 79] . His successor in the office of "curator aquarum" was Tarius Rufus [Frontinus, "de aquis" II 102] .
Works
All of Capito's works are lost and are only known by their titles through quotes by later authors. Works known to have existed include [for a list of known works, see "Der kleine Pauly", article "C. Ateius Capito"] :
* "De pontificio iure" ("About pontifical law"), at least six books about laws concerning the pontifices
* "De iure sacrificiorum" ("About sacrificial law")
* "Coniectanea" ("Miscellaneous"), at least 9 books about various themes
* "De officio senatorio" ("About the senatorial office")
* One work of unknown title about the auguries
* "Epistulae" ("Letters")
Influence
Capito had considerable reputation as a jurist and gathered a school of jurists that became known as the Sabinian school after his pupil and successor Masurius Sabinus ["Der kleine Pauly", articles "C. Ateius Capito" and "Sabinus Massurius"] . Capito's works were read and quoted until the sixth century, although more frequently by lexicographers (especially by Sextus Pompeius Festus and Aulus Gellius) than by jurists.
References
ources
*"Der kleine Pauly. Lexikon der Antike". München 1979
*Tacitus, "Annals"
*Frontinus, "De aquis urbis Romae"
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