Postclassical Period (235 AD - 527 AD)

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Post-classical Period

(235 AD - 527 AD)

Christophe Bardiau

Kateryna Mohylevska

Marc Chavardès

Vittoria Quaglia

Yiğit Yildiz

Historical Context

Emperor Diocletian

Religious toleration for Christianity

Fall of the western Roman Empire

Flourishing eastern Roman Empire

Emperor Diocletian

Tetrachy (AD 293)

Religious toleration for Christianity

Emperor Constantine

Edict of Milan (AD 313)

Edict of Thessalonica (AD 380)

New Imperial Organisation (AD 395)

The Roman Empire

The western Roman Empire

• The fall of the west (AD 476)

• Barbarians with chieftain Odoacer

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqEcPUQyh74

The eastern Roman Empire

• Constantinople

• The flourishing east

What is the correct order of events?

1

The Tetrarchy

2

The death of Theodosius I

3

Edict of Thessalonica

4

The fall of the western Roman Empire

Why did Diocletion introduce the Tetrarchy in AD 293

What was the purpose of the Edict of Milan (AD 313)

A

Banning all religions except Christianity

B

legalizing Christianity and ending the persecution

C

The division of the Roman empire into east and west

D

The raising of taxes

Which event marks the end of the western Roman empire?

A

De murder of Aetius

B

The deposition of Romulus Augustulus

C

The battle of the Milvian Bridge

D

The construction of Constantinople

When was the fall of the western Roman Empire?

A

AD 293

B

AD 395

C

AD 527

D

AD 476

Sources of Law

Characteristics of the Post-classical Period

Iura Compilations

Law of Citations

Leges Compilations

Theodosian Code

Characteristics of the Post-classical Period

• Profileration of legal norms

• Vulgarisation and impoverishment of law

• Role of jurists decline

• Focus on compilation and transmission of texts

Emperor as a source of law

The will of the Emperor

The role of the senate disappeared

Iura Compilations

Iura

• The rules of Ulpian

• Paulus' Sentences

• The Empitome of Gaius

Law of Citations

Theodossius II & Valentinian III (AD 426)

Five prominent jurists:

• Gaius

• Paulus

• Ulpian

• Papinian

• Modestinus

Leges Compilations

Imperial constitutions

• The Gregorian Code

• The Hermogenian Code

Theodossian Code

Theodosius II (AD 313 - AD 438)

16 Books consisting of fragments:

• An inscriptio

• The text of the norm

• A subscriptio

Who/what was the most important source of law
during the Post-classical period?

A

The senate

B

The emperor

C

The judges

D

The parliament

What was the purpose of the Law of Citations
(AD 426)?

A

To make new laws

B

Determine which jurists are considered authoritative

C

To make Christianity an official religion

D

Codify laws into 16 books

Give one reason why jurists had less influence in the Post-classical Period

What is the correct order of events?

1

Codex Theodosianus

2

Codex Hermogenianus

3

Codex Gregorianus

4

Law of Citations

What was the Theodosian Code?

A

A collection of imperial laws since Constantine

B

A religious text

C

A collection of statements by jurists

D

A new civil rights law