The Codex Theodosianus, the fifth century Roman imperial legal compilation completed under Emperor Theodosius II in 438 CE, is a primary compilation of Roman imperial law from the fourth and early fifth centuries, including numerous laws touching religion in the late Roman Empire. As the primary legal text itself, it is the direct and authoritative source for what Roman law actually stated on the matters it addresses. Its limit is that it is a legal compilation rather than a narrative history, so understanding a given law's real social effect or enforcement in practice depends on the surrounding historical scholarship this atlas draws on alongside the code's own text.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
The Codex Theodosianus is itself the primary compiled Roman legal code, with no modern publisher or url of record; placed at the middle tier since the surviving text is a later compilation whose editorial history introduces some uncertainty into its exact original wording. NotesThe Codex Theodosianus, the fifth century Roman imperial legal compilation completed under Theodosius II, 438 CE.
Citation
AuthorCompiled under Theodosius II
Publication Year438
Source Typeprimary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (42 claims)
This source backs 42 claims across the atlas. As facts: 26 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds, 2 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Spread Events, 16 claims: 6 well-attested, 8 holds, 2 general references.
- Articles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Religious Legal Instruments, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
Well-attested
26Religious Legal Instruments
Holds
9Religious Legal Instruments
General References
5Religious Legal Instruments
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