Codex Euricianus

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The Codex Euricianus is one of the earliest known Germanic law codes, issued by the Visigothic king Euric in the late 5th century to regulate relations between Goths and Romans.

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Codex Euricianus canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf law code
legal text
aim to codify and unify legal practice
to regulate coexistence of Goths and Romans
appliesTo Goths NERFINISHED
Romans NERFINISHED
associatedWith Roman population in Visigothic kingdom
Visigoths NERFINISHED
author Euric NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Visigothic Kingdom NERFINISHED
dateOfCreation late 5th century
followedBy Breviary of Alaric NERFINISHED
Lex Visigothorum NERFINISHED
follows Roman law tradition
genre barbarian law code
hasPart chapters
titles
historicalSignificance earliest extensive Visigothic written law
one of the earliest known Germanic law codes
inception circa 475
influenced Breviary of Alaric NERFINISHED
later Visigothic legislation
influencedBy Roman imperial legislation
Theodosian Code NERFINISHED
issuedBy Euric NERFINISHED
language Latin
legalStatus secular law
legalSubject criminal law
private law
procedural law
legalSystem Visigothic law
legalTradition Germanic law
Roman-barbarian law codes
locationOfCreation Aquitaine NERFINISHED
Toulouse NERFINISHED
manuscriptLanguage Latin
namedAfter Euric NERFINISHED
precededBy customary Visigothic law
publisher Visigothic royal chancery NERFINISHED
regulates contracts
inheritance
marriage
penal sanctions
property rights
relations between Goths and Romans
survivesAs fragmentary manuscripts
timePeriod Late Antiquity

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Goths legalCode Codex Euricianus
Lex Visigothorum predecessor Codex Euricianus
Liber Iudiciorum follows Codex Euricianus