Codex Euricianus

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The Codex Euricianus is one of the earliest known Germanic law codes, issued by the Visigothic king Euric in the late 5th century to regulate relations between Goths and Romans.

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Label Occurrences
Codex Euricianus canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf law code ⓘ
legal text ⓘ
aim to codify and unify legal practice ⓘ
to regulate coexistence of Goths and Romans ⓘ
appliesTo Goths ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
associatedWith Roman population in Visigothic kingdom ⓘ
Visigoths ⓘ
linked to: Goths
author Euric ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfCreation late 5th century ⓘ
followedBy Breviary of Alaric ⓘ
Lex Visigothorum ⓘ
follows Roman law tradition ⓘ
genre barbarian law code ⓘ
hasPart chapters ⓘ
titles ⓘ
historicalSignificance earliest extensive Visigothic written law ⓘ
one of the earliest known Germanic law codes ⓘ
inception circa 475 ⓘ
influenced Breviary of Alaric ⓘ
later Visigothic legislation ⓘ
influencedBy Roman imperial legislation ⓘ
Theodosian Code ⓘ
linked to: Codex Theodosianus
issuedBy Euric ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalStatus secular law ⓘ
legalSubject criminal law ⓘ
private law ⓘ
procedural law ⓘ
legalSystem Visigothic law ⓘ
legalTradition Germanic law ⓘ
Roman-barbarian law codes ⓘ
locationOfCreation Aquitaine ⓘ
Toulouse ⓘ
manuscriptLanguage Latin ⓘ
namedAfter Euric ⓘ
precededBy customary Visigothic law ⓘ
publisher Visigothic royal chancery ⓘ
regulates contracts ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
penal sanctions ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
relations between Goths and Romans ⓘ
survivesAs fragmentary manuscripts ⓘ
timePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goths → legalCode → Codex Euricianus ⓘ
Lex Visigothorum → predecessor → Codex Euricianus ⓘ
Liber Iudiciorum → follows → Codex Euricianus ⓘ
Forum Iudicum → basedOn → Codex Euricianus ⓘ
Forum Iudicum → follows → Codex Euricianus ⓘ