the fact that auctor was used in contradistinction to – and (at least by Pliny) held in higher esteem than – artifices, the artisans to whom it might fall to "merely" build up or implement the author-founder's vision and design. See also Virtues in ancient Rome References and sources References Sources Cicero, De Legibus (1st century BC) Theodor Mommsen, Römisches Staatsrecht, Volume III, Chapter 2. (1887) William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. (1875, 1890 editions) Alvaro d'Ors, Derecho privado romano (10 ed. Eunsa, 2004) Rafael Domingo Osle, Auctoritas (Ariel, 1999) Latin words and phrases Latin legal terminology Roman law Philosophy of law Ancient Roman virtues