Codex Theodosianus
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Compilation of laws of Roman Empire (438)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- code of law
- Author
- Theodosius II
- Image
- Codex Theodosianus.jpg
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- copyright status
- public domain
- work available at URL
- www.thelatinlibrary.com/theodosius.html
- publication date
- 0438-02-15
- applies to jurisdiction
- Ancient Rome
- language of work or name
- Latin
- title
- Codex Theodosianus
- Commons category
- Codex Theodosianus
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Encyclopedic overview
Excerpt (7.10-7.11) from a 6th-century manuscript of books 6-8 of the Codex Theodosianus. The Codex Theodosianus ("Theodosian Code") is a compilation of the laws of the Roman Empire made by the Christian emperors from 311 A.D. until 437 A.D. A commission was established by Emperor Theodosius II and his co-emperor Valentinian III on 26 March 429 and the compilation was published by a constitution of 15 February 438. It went into force in the eastern and western parts of the empire on 1 January 439. About one-quarter of the original text of the codex is also found in the Breviary of Alaric (also called Lex Romana Visigothorum), promulgated on 2 February 506 by Visigoth King Alaric II.
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