Home›Roman and Late Antique Law›All Roman and Late Antique LawBrowse ByAll Roman and Late Antique LawReference and ClassificationVerifiedRoman law in its classical and post-classical compilations, and the codes the successor kingdoms built from it after the Western Empire's fall. Belongs here: the Corpus Juris Civilis, the Codex Theodosianus, and the early medieval Germanic codes drafted under direct Roman legal influence, the Lex Salica and the Visigothic Code. Does not belong here: a code from a tradition outside the Roman legal family even where it is roughly contemporary, classified by its own tradition instead.FactsAll Roman and Late Antique LawSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedRoman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables, to the Corpus Juris Civilis ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I. 1All Roman and Late Antique LawFilter Results24 entriesLegal SystemAllCivil Law (22)Roman law (2)EraAll5th or 6th century CE (exact year disputed) (1)5th-6th century (1)6th century (1)7th century (1)9th century (1)Compiled 530 to 533 CE (1)First compilation 741 or 743 CE, supplemented around 748 CE (1)Promulgated ByAllAlaric II, King of the Visigoths (1)Attributed to Lantfrid, Alamannic duke (1)Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (2)Gundobad, King of the Burgundians (1)Justinian I, Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor (1)Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine Emperor (1)Roman (Byzantine) Emperor Justinian I (1)Rothari, King of the Lombards (1)Authored ByAllJustinian I (5)Tribonian (1)Group TreeAllByzantine Legal Compilations (2)Germanic Kingdom Law Codes (12)Roman Imperial and Justinianic Compilations (9)Legal StatusAllSuperseded by the Epanagoge (1)Country or JurisdictionAllAncient Rome (7)Byzantine Empire (3)Frisia (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 24BasilikaRoman and Late Antique LawBreviary of AlaricRoman and Late Antique LawBurgundian CodeRoman and Late Antique LawCode of EuricRoman and Late Antique LawCodex GregorianusRoman and Late Antique LawCodex HermogenianusRoman and Late Antique LawCodex JustinianusRoman and Late Antique LawCodex TheodosianusRoman and Late Antique LawCorpus Juris CivilisRoman and Late Antique LawDigest (Roman law)Roman and Late Antique LawEclogaRoman and Late Antique LawEdict of RothariRoman and Late Antique LawEdict of TheodoricRoman and Late Antique LawEdictum perpetuumRoman and Late Antique LawEdictum TheodoriciRoman and Late Antique LawInstitutes of JustinianRoman and Late Antique LawLex AlamannorumRoman and Late Antique LawLex BaiuvariorumRoman and Late Antique LawLex FrisionumRoman and Late Antique LawLex RipuariaRoman and Late Antique LawLex Romana BurgundionumRoman and Late Antique LawLex Salica (Salic Law)Roman and Late Antique LawNovellae ConstitutionesRoman and Late Antique LawVisigothic CodeRoman and Late Antique LawSources1. Roman law (Wikipedia)IntroductionQuote, IntroductionRoman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the Corpus Juris Civilis (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I. Roman law also denoted the legal system applied in most of Western Europe until the end of the 18th century.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.