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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple library catalogs (including local catalogs, Library of Congress, and Internet Archive) yielded no evidence of any English translation of Veit Polant's 1582 work 'De senatusconsulto Velleiano theses'. Given the obscure nature of this legal thesis, it is highly probable that no English translation exists.
Verified Mar 30, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, ustc, internet archive, openalex, loc · methodology
Veit Polant examines the Senatusconsultum Velleianum to reveal the strict limits of legal protection for Roman women. Readers will discover whether gender-based weakness or individual fraud should dictate the validity of a debt guarantee.