Postclassical Roman Law

  • 212

    "Constitutio Antoniana"

    "Constitutio Antoniana"
    It is the origin of vulgar law and was very important because it declared all the inhabitants of the empire as citizens regardless of their origin.
  • Period: 215 to 565

    Postclassical law period

    Postclassical law period it's between classical law and justinian law period. Is characterized by a lot of Christianity and because it lasted during the Domination period. The Domination or Absolute Empire was and epoch were the Emperor has absolute power in all camps.
  • 284

    Legal culture

    Legal culture
    In this epoch, jurist just fusionate and simplificate classical Roman law sources like "Ius civile", "Ius gentium" and "Ius honorarium". New copilations of "iura" and "leges" are created.
  • 292

    "Codex Gregorianus"

    "Codex Gregorianus"
    Was the first colection of "leges". Was writen in the east part of the empire.
  • Period: 292 to 506

    Postclassical compilations

  • 294

    "Pauli Sententiae"

    "Pauli Sententiae"
    An anonymous copier made a summary of the works of Paolo and others of classical jurisprudence.
  • 295

    "Codex Hermogenianus"

    "Codex Hermogenianus"
    Was the second compilation of "leges". Was published in the east.
  • 395

    "Fragmenta Vaticana"

    "Fragmenta Vaticana"
    It is a compilation of "iuras" and "leges" ordered by subject. Contains fragments of Papianus, Paolo and Ulpianus, extracted from other compilations, constitutions and codices.
  • 405

    "Collatio legum mosaicarum et romanarum"

    "Collatio legum mosaicarum et romanarum"
    It is a comparison between Roman and Mosaic laws.
  • 426

    Citation law

    Citation law
    The Emperors Valentiniano III and Teodosio II established in Rávena that only the five most important jurist can be quoted in court. They were Papianus, Paulo, Ulpianus, Gayo and Modestino.
  • 438

    "Codex Theodosianus"

    "Codex Theodosianus"
    It was promoted by Theodosius II and is a large collection of post-Constantine imperial constitutions. It was the main Roman law source in the XII century.
  • 475

    "Ubrico's code"

    "Ubrico's code"
    It's a barbarian-roman law code. They were laws dictated by the heads of the Germanic populations.
  • 506

    "Lex Visigothorum"

    "Lex Visigothorum"
    It was another compilation of Barbarian-Roman laws.