Breviary of Alaric

Breviary of Alaric

Breviary of Alaric, also known as Lex Romana Visigothorum (Roman Law of the Visigoths), important collection of Roman laws compiled under Alaric II, king of the Visigoths. Issued in ad506 at Toulouse (now in France), the code was designed for Alaric’s Roman subjects and was almost exclusively Roman in character. It was derived from the Code and Novels of the Roman emperor Theodosius II (ad401-50), the Institutes of the Roman jurist Gaius (circa ad110-80), and other authorities. (1)

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1. Encarta Online Encyclopedia

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