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200
IUS PUBLICAE RESPONDENDI (FIRST HALF S. III)
The right granted by the emperor to certain prominent jurists to give answers on legal questions "with the personal authority of the emperor." -
285
DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE BY DIOCLETIAN
The empire was divided in two; the eastern part with had rich libraries like Constantinopla, Alexandria or Berytus, and the western part where the legal culture was in crisis. -
291
CODEX GREGORIANUS
The Codex Gregorianus is the title of a collection of constitutions (legal pronouncements) of Roman emperors.The Codex takes its name from its author, a certain Gregorius or Gregorianus. -
291
CODEX HERMOGENIANUS
The Codex Hermogenianus is the title of a collection of constitutions (legal pronouncements) of the Roman emperors of the first tetrarchy.
It takes its name from its author, Aurelius Hermogenianus. -
380
EDICT OF THESSALONICA
The Edict of Thessalonica , issued on 27 February AD 380 by three reigning Roman Emperors, made Nicene Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire. It condemned ancient pluralistic spiritual tradition along with other Christian creeds such as Arianism as heresies of madmen, and authorized their persecution. -
426
LEX OF CITATIONS
Roman law issued from Ravenna in 426 by the emperor Valentinian III to the Senate and the people of Rome, designed to help judges deal with vast amounts of jurist writings on a subject and thus to reach a decision. -
438
CODEX THEODOSIANUS
The Codex Theodosianus was a compilation of the laws of the Roman Empire under the Christian emperors. 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 . -
476
FALL OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire was the process of decline during which the empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successor polities. Some factors could be the effectiveness and numbers of the army, the health and numbers of the Roman population, the strength of the economy, the competence of the emperor, the religious changes of the period, the efficiency of the civil administration and the increasing pressure from invading barbarians. -
506
BREVIARY OF ALARIC
It´s a collection of Roman law, promulgated on 2 February 506 and compiled by unknown writers and approved by referendary Anianus on the order of Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, with the advice of his bishops and nobles. -
529
CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS
The Corpus Juris Civilis is the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, issued from 529 to 534 by order of Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor. The work had four parts: codex, digesta, instituta and novellae. -
1050
IRNERIUS
Irnerius, sometimes referred to as lucerna juris "lantern of the law", was an Italian jurist, and founder of the School of Glossators and thus of the tradition of Medieval Roman Law. -
1075
DICTATUS PAPAE
Dictatus papae is a compilation of 27 statements of powers arrogated to the pope that was included in Pope Gregory VII's register under the year 1075.The principles expressed in Dictatus papae are those of the Gregorian Reform, which had been initiated by Gregory decades before he became pope. -
1088
UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA
The Bologna School was founded in the late 11th century AD. C. by the eminent jurist Irnerio. Its foundation was a renaissance for Roman law, beginning the period known as the second life of Roman law.
