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Black Magic, White Magic & the Theory of Magic

The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions

by Clyde Pharr · Clyde Pharr (trans.)

The standard English translation of the Theodosian Code of 438, the great collection of late Roman imperial law, with the later Novels and the Sirmondian constitutions. Book 9, title 16, gathers the laws of Constantine and his successors on sorcerers, astrologers and diviners, making the volume a basic source for the legal history of magic.

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