Codex Gregorianus

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The Codex Gregorianus is an early 4th-century private compilation of Roman imperial constitutions that became a foundational source for later official law codes.

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Codex Gregorianus canonical 6

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instanceOf collection of Roman imperial constitutions
late Roman law code
legal codex
authorshipType private compilation later given public authority
citationForm cited by book and title in later legal sources
compilationDate c. 291–294 CE
early 4th century
compiler Gregorius
compilerType private jurist
contains imperial decrees
imperial edicts
imperial rescripts
coversPeriod 2nd–early 4th century CE
coversReignOf Antoninus Pius
Caracalla
Diocletian
Hadrian
Marcus Aurelius
Septimius Severus
era Diocletian's Tetrarchy
surface form: Tetrarchic period
geographicOrigin Roman Empire
historicalSignificance earliest major systematic collection of imperial constitutions
foundation for later official codifications of Roman law
influenceOn Codex Justinianus
Codex Theodosianus
Corpus Juris Civilis
surface form: Justinianic Corpus Iuris Civilis
jurisdiction entire Roman Empire
language Latin
legalCategory collection of constitutiones principum
legalForce used as authoritative legal source in late Roman Empire
legalSystem Roman law
preservation partly preserved in the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum
partly preserved in the Consultatio veteris cuiusdam iurisconsulti
relatedWork Codex Hermogenianus
Codex Justinianus
Codex Theodosianus
statusOfText partially reconstructed from later quotations
survives only in fragments
structure books divided into titles
divided into books
subjectMatter administrative law
criminal law
private law
procedural law
public law
transmission known through citations in later legal literature
usedBy imperial administrators
late Roman jurists
usedIn late Roman courts

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Codex Justinianus precededBy Codex Gregorianus
Codex Hermogenianus influenced Codex Gregorianus
Codex Hermogenianus associatedWith Codex Gregorianus
Gregorian Code citationForm Codex Gregorianus
Codex Theodosianus follows Codex Gregorianus
Codex Theodosianus precededBy Codex Gregorianus