Breviarium of Alaric Is Drafted
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Laws, Acts, Legislation, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations, Barbarians, Nomads
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, French History
- Geographical Location: France, Frankish Kingdom, Gaul
- Date: February 2, 506
Article abstract: The Breviarium of Alaric is drafted, codifying a transmitted body of Roman statutes and jurisprudence in a form accepted by a European barbarian ruler.
Summary of Event
In 418 c.e., the Roman Master of Soldiers Constantius concluded a treaty with the barbarian Visigoths that settled them in Aquitania, the name given then and now to southwestern Gaul (modern-day France). This marked the beginning of the so-called kingdom of Toulouse, the first of what were to become several barbarian kingdoms carved out of the western Roman Empire. In...
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