Posted on 01/31/2010 7:36:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Part of an ancient Roman law code previously thought to have been lost forever has been discovered by researchers at UCL's Department of History. Simon Corcoran and Benet Salway made the breakthrough after piecing together 17 fragments of previously incomprehensible parchment. The fragments were being studied at UCL as part of the Arts & Humanities Research Council-funded "Projet Volterra" -- a ten year study of Roman law in its full social, legal and political context.
Corcoran and Salway found that the text belonged to the Codex Gregorianus, or Gregorian Code, a collection of laws by emperors from Hadrian (AD 117-138) to Diocletian (AD 284-305), which was published circa AD 300. Little was known about the codex's original form and there were, until now, no known copies in existence.
"The fragments bear the text of a Latin work in a clear calligraphic script, perhaps dating as far back as AD 400," said Dr Salway.
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Caveat Emptor!
John Adams may have been a genius when it came to law, but he was deluded when it came to religion.
“Roman law is the basis for much of Western law.”
Western Law becomes further divided.
USA law is derived from English Common Law, which is NOT the same as French, Italian, etc.
English Common Law also includes compoments from ancient germanic and norse codes of behavior.
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