By John F. Matthews
ISBN-10: 0300079001
ISBN-13: 9780300079005
A complete advisor to the Theodosian Code which supplies a useful resource for the criminal, social, non secular and cultural background of the past due Roman Empire. Written among 429 and 437 advert, the Code was once a compilation of 3500 texts, of which greater than 2700 live to tell the tale, which released Roman imperial laws from the reign of Constantine the nice to Theodosius II. Matthews before everything examines the political context for the Code and the occasions surrounding its real composition earlier than contemplating the contents of the Code, the Sirmondian Constitutions, the character of the past due Roman structure and exact editorial concerns.
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