34 Renewal of the Permission to Collect Money in the West for the Patriarchs
(Arcadius with) Honorius
25 July 404
This law, given by Honorius in his name and in the name of Arcadius at Rome on 25 July 404, was addressed to Hadrian, Praefectus Praetorio of Italy and Africa.
Its text has been preserved in Codex Theodosianus (CTh 16:8:17).It publicized the revocation of the prohibition from 339 on collecting money for the patriarch (see above, No. 30), and the renewal of the permission to transfer this money according to the old privileges. A separate law, containing this revocation, may have been issued prior to this law. Langenfeld connects this interdiction with the conflict between Eutropius, whom he qualifies as favourable to the Jews, and Stilicho, who treated them, according to Langenfeld, with hostility.
Codex Theodosianus, 16:8:17, ed. Mommsen, p. 891
IDEM AA.· HADRIANO* P(RAEFECTO) P(RAETORI)O
face="Times New Roman">Dudum iusseramus, ut ea, quae patriarchis a ludaeis istarum partium* ex consuetudine praebebantur, minime praeberentur. Verum nunc amota prima iussione secundum veterum principum statuta privilegia 5 cunctos scire volumus ludaeis mittendi copiam a nostra clementia esse concessam.
DAT. VIII KAL. AUG. ROM(AE) HONORIO A. VI ET ARISTAENETO CONSS.·
THE SAME TWO AUGUSTI1 TO HADRIAN,2 PRAEFECTUS PRAETORIO
We have formerly ordered that what was customarily contributed to the patriarchs by the Jews of these regions3 shall not be contributed at all. Now, however, with that order revoked, we want all to know that our clemency has granted to the Jews the right of conveyance according to the privileges established by the ancient Emperors.
GIVEN ON THE EIGHTH DAY BEFORE THE CALENDS OF AUGUST AT ROME, IN THE CONSULATE OF HONORIUS AUGUSTUS FOR THE SIXTH TIME AND OF ARISTAENETUS.4NOTES
1. Augusti: Arcadius and Honorius. Theodosius Il’s name is still missing from the inscription (see above, No. 32, n. 1).
2. Hadrian was Praefectus Praetorio of Italy and Africa in the years 401405. See Haehling, pp. 308-310; PLRE, I, s.v.
3. Regions: the Western part of the Empire.
4. Given... Aristaenetus: 25 July 404.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Godefroy, VI:1, p. 255; Juster, I, p. 386; Seeck, Regesten, p. 306; Browe, p. 118; Seaver, p. 58; Langenfeld, p. 87; Reichardt, p. 36; Vogler, p. 68.
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