Gaius was a Roman jurist who flourished in the reigns of the emperors Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, with his works composed between the years 130 and 180. After his death his writings were recognized as of great authority, and the emperor Theodosius II named him in the Law of Citations, along with Papinian, Ulpian, Modestinus and Paulus, as one of the five jurists whose opinions were to be followed by judicial officers in deciding cases. He was the author of the Institutes, a complete exposition of the elements of Roman law, along with treatises on the Edicts of the Magistrates and on the Twelve Tables.
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the emperor Theodosius II named him in the Law of Citations, along with Papinian, Ulpian, Modestinus and Paulus, as one of the five jurists whose opinions were to be followed by judicial officers in deciding cases
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