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The Codex Theodosianus ("Theodosian Code") is a compilation of the laws of the Roman Empire under the Christian emperors since 312. A commission was established by Emperor Theodosius II and his co-emperor Valentinian III on 26 March 429 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and the compilation was published by a constitution of 15 February 438.
You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Édit de Thessalonique}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation . The Edict of Thessalonica ( Greek : Έδικτο της Θεσσαλονίκης), issued on 27 February AD 380 by Theodosius I , made Nicene Christianity [ note 1 ] the state church of the Roman Empire .
Theodotion's translation was so widely copied in the Early Christian church that its version of the Book of Daniel virtually superseded the Septuagint's. The Septuagint Daniel survives in only two known manuscripts, Codex Chisianus 88 (rediscovered in the 1770s), and Papyrus 967 (discovered 1931).
The English language version is The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions. A Translation with Commentary, Glossary, and Bibliography, translated and edited by C. Pharr and published in New York, in 1952.
The Theodosian Code of 438 preserves two laws condemning the "Tascodrogitae". [10] The first was issued by the Emperors Gratian, Valentinian II and Theodosius I on 20 June 383 at Constantinople. It forbids the Tascodrugites from assembling, but clarifies that they "shall by no means be evicted from their own habitations". [1]
Two more laws against paganism, which may be from this period, are preserved in the Justinian Code. [46] After the deposition of Avitus, who ruled as emperor of the West from 455 to 456, there seems to have been a conspiracy among the Roman nobles to place the pagan general Marcellinus on the throne to restore paganism; but it came to nothing. [15]
393–423), a Theodosian, reigned, Valentinian III continued the dynasty until his death in 455. During this period, the empire struggled against both external migratory tribes and internal pretenders and usurpers, with frequent civil war. By the end of the dynasty, the western empire was crumbling and Rome had been sacked.
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