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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.
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 Ecclesiastical Edicts of the Theodosian Code. Columbia University Press. Ehler, Sidney Zdeneck; Morrall, John B (1967). Church and State Through the Centuries: A Collection of Historic Documents with Commentaries. ISBN 978-0-8196-0189-6. Ferguson, Everett; McHugh, Michael P.; Norris, Frederick W. (1999). Encyclopedia of Early Christianity ...
On December of 1945, at the age of 35, Brown married her advisor, Clyde Pharr, and became his research assistant. [5] By April, 1946, Mary was the assistant editor of the Theodosian Code translation project, [6] which was to be the first volume in a series translating the whole body of Roman law. [7]
The Theodosian Law Code has long been one of the principal sources for the study of Late Antiquity. [222] It is an incomplete [223]: 106 [224] collection of laws dating from the reign of Constantine to the date of their promulgation as a collection in 438. Religious laws are in book 16. The code contains at least sixty-six laws targeted at ...
Theodosius was born in Hispania [15] [16] [17] on 11 January, probably in the year 347. [18] His father of the same name, Count Theodosius, was a successful and high-ranking general (magister equitum) under the western Roman emperor Valentinian I, and his mother was called Thermantia. [19]
Under the Theodosian Code, therefore, ownership of Christian slaves by Jews was not prohibited, although their purchase was. Thus, one who gained possession of a slave by means such as inheritance would remain his or her owner. Purchase of slaves was usually penalized by compelled sale at the original purchase price. [12]
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