Note 099 Codex Theodos. 1. ix. tit. xl. leg. 13. The date and circumstances of this law are perplexed with diflficulties; but I feel myself inclined to favour the honest efforts of Tillemont (Hist. des Emp. tom. v. p. 721) and Pagi (Critica, tom. i. p. 578).

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 27