The “purest” form of Roman law existed, of course, in Rome itself, but during the imperial age, the legal system was exported in various forms to the provinces. Provincial governors toured the cities of their jurisdiction on an assize, hearing legal cases and determining them according to the most appropriate law code to the case. Disputes between Roman citizens—veteran soldiers who had settled in the province, for example—would be subject to Roman law. Cases between noncitizens might be left to
