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This period goes from 235 with the death of the emperor Severus Alexander to 533 with Justinian's legal compilation.
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Diocletian's Achievements:
-Restoration of Efficient Government
-Bring order to the empire.
-Contrast with the near anarchy of the 3rd century. Reorganization of the Empire
-Fiscal administration.
-Administrative structure.
-Military machinary Diocletian's Rise to Power
-Battle Against Carinus Initial Limitation of Power
-Regions controlled by the army.
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-It is an ancient Roman legal compilation focused on property and inheritance law
- It reflects the evolving nature of Roman Law
-It is known for fragments found in various ancient manuscripts
-The authorship is a subject of debate -
-Collection of legal texts from ancient Rome
-It was commisioned by Justinian I
-It is important for understanding Roman legal principles
-One of the components of Justinian's larger legal reforms -
-Emperor Theodosius made a foedus pact with the Visigoths
-This treaty made an important diplomatic development
-Visigoths provided military service in exchange for land and protection
-Visigoths became dissatisfied over time -
-At his dead, the empire was divided into his sons Arcadius and Honorius
-Arcadius ruled the East and Honorious the West
-The unity and strenght of the empire was weakened
-It leaded to the fall of the Western Empire -
-Divided in Eastern and Western Roman Empire
-There were political and administrative reasons
-The division was a significant step into the decline of the western empire -
-Barbarian groups invade Hispania
-The attack influenced the collapse of Roman control in the western part already weakened
-The Vandals moved into North Africa and stablished a kingdom
-The invading groups stablished in regions of Hispania -
The Code is written in Latin , the official language of the Empire. In its content, public law predominates over private law and there are also norms aimed at imposing religious orthodoxy against heresies, especially the Arian one professed by many of the barbarian chiefs; For this reason, among its laws the code contains 65 decrees directed against heretics ,as well as a multitude of provisions to regulate the segregation of Jews. -
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King of a great Visigothic realm (usually called the kingdom of Toulouse) in the western part of the Roman Empire that included what is now southwestern France (south of the Loire and west of the Rhône) and most of Spain. He is best known for the code of law that bears his name, the Code of Euric.
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The compilation itself was the work of Leo, a Roman lawyer and principal counsellor of the king. The customs of the Visigothic nation were recognised and affirmed. The Code is largely confused and it appears that it was merely a recollection of Gothic custom altered by Roman law. The code entrenches a clear stratification of Gothic and Gallo-Roman society. -
For most of its history, Rome’s military was the envy of the ancient world. But during the decline, the makeup of the once mighty legions began to change. Unable to recruit enough soldiers from the Roman citizenry, emperors like Diocletian and Constantine began hiring foreign mercenaries to prop up their armies. The ranks of the legions eventually swelled with Germanic Goths and other barbarians, so much so that Romans began using the Latin word “barbarus” in place of “soldier.” -
The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) is a collection of Roman law, compiled by Roman jurists and issued by referendary Anianus on the order of Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, with the approval of his bishops and nobles. -
Only Remain Eastern Part of Roman
he tried: territorial unification
religious peace
restore old roman law -
a new compilation of the statutes and constitutions of the emperors https://youtu.be/klq84Z9O4GU?si=YrN1RF-gh_C7I7L9&t=132 -
Digesta: the codification of the legal opinions of the Roman jurists from ca. first century B.C. to the third century A.D..
Instituta:textbook for law students -
new laws that he issued after the Corpus was published -
-Review of the code of Euric
-This code didn't survive
: laws appeared in the liber Iudiciorum -
-survival is the most important.
-use custom
-jurists were not prepared to interpret the norm of law -
-set of laws that promulgated by several Visigoths kings
independence from Roman law
-to apply both, Romans and Visigoths.
-text for trials.
-remained till early Middle Ages. -
-Italian Jurist
-founder of school of Glossators
-taught the Justinian Code -
-notable for its teaching of canon and civil law
-trianed the first generation of professional jurists