Sextus Pomponius () was a ancient Romans jurist who lived during the reigns of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.
Name
Sextus was a fairly common Roman
given name (
praenomen) while his surname seems to indicate he belonged to the
gens Pomponia family (gens). Other writers have expressed a view that the name Sextus Pomponius was shared by another jurist, although Puchta suggested the assumption of two Pomponii was unsupported by the evidence.
[Cursus der Institution, vol. i. p. 444.]
Works
S. Pomponius wrote a book on the law up to the time of Hadrian, known as the
Enchiridion (,
Enkheidírion, "Handbook").
A long excerpt of the work forms part of
Justinian's
Digest dealing with the origin of the Roman Constitution and various offices.
