Note 153 Justinian (Novell. cxv. No. 3, 4) enumerates only the public and private crimes, for which a son might likewise disinherit his father. Note: Gibbon has singular notions on the provisions of Novell. cxv. 3, 4, which probably he did not clearly understand. - W]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 44