Breviary of Alaric
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The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) is a collection of Roman law, compiled by unknown writers and approved by referendary Anianus on the order of Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, with the advice of his bishops and nobles.
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Contents
The Breviary of Alaric comprises:<ref name=EB1911/>
- sixteen books of the Codex Theodosianus;
- the novels (decrees) of –
- the institutes of Gaius;
- five books of the Sententiae Receptae of Julius Paulus;
- thirteen titles of the Codex Gregorianus;
- two titles of the Codex Hermogenianus; and
- a fragment of the first book of the Responsa Papiniani.
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