What is Caius (jurist)?
[[File:Estatua de Gayo-Tribunal Supremo (Madrid).jpg|150px|right|thumb|'''Gaius''' or '''Caius''' Roman jurist]] '''Caius''' or '''Gaius''' was a [[lawyer]] who lived in the 2nd century. Very little is known about his life, but he left a scholarly work on [[Roman law]], called [[Institutiones (Gaius)|Institutiones]]. The [[Law of Citations]], introduced in the year 426, made him one of the authorities of Roman law, together with [[Ulpian]], [[Julius Paulus Prudentissimus|Paulus]], [[Aemilius Papinianus|Papianus]] and [[Herennius Modestinus|Modestinus]]. His works were written between AD 130 and 180. [[Category:Ancient Roman writers]] [[Category:Lawyers]] [[Category:2nd-century deaths]] [[Category:2nd-century births]] [[Category:2nd-century writers]] {{biography-stub}}