Capito (Gaius Ateius Capito)

Abstract

Gaius Ateius Capito (ca. 50 bce –22 ce ) was one of the most important jurists during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius. He owed his prominence to his political and ideological contributions to the Augustan principate, of which he was the main theoretician, and to his scholarly work, which was especially influential with regard to the ius sacrum and the ius publicum .