TABULA CONTREBIENSIS
  
( May 15, 87 BC )
 
 
( C. Ando, Citizen and Alien in Roman Law, Los Angeles, 2006 ).
  
 
      Let those of the Senate of Contrebia who shall be present at the time be judges. If it appears, with regard to the land that the Salluienses purchased from the Sosinestani for the purpose of making a canal or chanelling water, which matter is the subject of the dispute, that the Sosinestani were within their rights to sell it, although the Allavonenses were unwilling, then, if it so appears, let the judges judge with regard to the land which is the subject of the dispute that the Sosinestani were within their rights to sell it to the Salluienses ; if it does not so appear, let them judge that they were not within their rights to have sold it.
      Let the same persons who are written above be judges. On the assumption that <there is, in fact, a Sosinestan civitas>, then, in the place where the Salluienses recently and officially put in stakes, which matter is the subject of this action, if it would be permissable for the Salluienses within their rights to lead a canal within those stakes through the public land of the Sosinestani ; or if it would be permissable for the Salluienses within their rights to make a canal through the private land of the Sosinestani, in the place where a canal ought to be made, so long as the Salluienses pay the sum for which the land would be assessed, where the canal would be led ; then, if it so appears, let the judges judge that it is permissable for the Salluienses within their rights to make the canal ; if it does not so appear, let them judge that it is not permissible for them within their rights so to do.
      If they judge that it is permissible for the Salluienses to make the canal, then let the Salluienses pay from public funds money for the private lands where the canal shall be led, on the arbitration of five men whom a magistrate of Contrebia shall appoint from his/their Senate. Gaius Valerius Flaccus, son of Gaius, imperator, assigned jurisdiction.
      They pronounced the opinion : Whereas right of judgement is ours, in the matter that is under dispute we judge in favor of the Salluienses. When this matter was decided, these were the Contrebiensen magistrates : Lubbus of the Urdini, son of Letondo, praetor ; Lesso of the Sirisces, son of Lubbus, praetor ; Babbus of the Bolgondisces, son of Ablo, magistrate ; Segilus of the Anni, son of Lubbus, magistrate ; ..... of [---]uvolices, son of Uxe[---], magistrate ; Ablo of the Tindilices, son of Lubbus, magistrate. The case for the Sallui[enses] was presented by [---]assius, son of Eihar, a Salluiensian. The case for the Allavonenses was presented by Turibas, son of Teitabas, [an Allavonensian. Trans]acted at Contrebia Balaisca on the ides of May, in the year when L. Cornelius and Gnaeus Octavius were consuls.