The dynasty of Theodosius, or, eighty years' struggle with the barbarians

Note 19 — LECTURE II. The Roman and the Teuton. Comparison of the Political and Social Condition of the Empire and its German Neighbours.

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Cod. Theod. ii. 25. ‘Quis enim ferat, liberos a parentibus, a fratribus sorores, a viris conjuges segregari?’ The date of this law is not quite certain, but it probably belongs to A.D. 334. There is no doubt that Constantine was the author of it, and we may therefore fairly attribute it to Christian influences.

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