Breviary of Alaric (ă`lərĭk), Visigothic code of Roman law issued (506) by King Alaric II for his Roman subjects in Spain and S Gaul. It is also known as the Lex Romana Visigothorum. Based largely on the Theodosian Code Theodosian Code (thē'ədō`shən), Latin Codex Theodosianus,
..... Click the link for more information. and accompanied by valuable commentaries, it was a compilation of contemporary Roman law for the Roman element of the population; the Germanic element was under the authority of the earlier code issued by Euric Euric (y
r`ĭk), d. c.484, king of the Visigoths (466–c.
..... Click the link for more information. . Although both codes were later superseded by the Forum judicum of King Recceswinth Recceswinth (rĕk`əswĭnth), d. 672, Visigothic king of Spain (653–72).
..... Click the link for more information. , the Breviary remained influential in preserving Roman law in the S and E of France. See Germanic laws Germanic laws, customary law codes of the Germans before their contact with the Romans. They are unknown to us except through casual references of ancient authors and inferences from the codes compiled after the tribes had invaded the Roman Empire.
..... Click the link for more information. .
..... Click the link for more information. and accompanied by valuable commentaries, it was a compilation of contemporary Roman law for the Roman element of the population; the Germanic element was under the authority of the earlier code issued by Euric Euric (y
r`ĭk), d. c.484, king of the Visigoths (466–c...... Click the link for more information. . Although both codes were later superseded by the Forum judicum of King Recceswinth Recceswinth (rĕk`əswĭnth), d. 672, Visigothic king of Spain (653–72).
..... Click the link for more information. , the Breviary remained influential in preserving Roman law in the S and E of France. See Germanic laws Germanic laws, customary law codes of the Germans before their contact with the Romans. They are unknown to us except through casual references of ancient authors and inferences from the codes compiled after the tribes had invaded the Roman Empire.
..... Click the link for more information. .
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