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The Emperor, the Jews, and the anatomy of Empire

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Hermathena, Volume: 200-201, Pages: 129 - 147

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In 398 CE, the western Roman emperor Honorius issued a law condemning attempts by Jewish town councillors in southern Italy to seek exemptions from compulsory public services. While this law is usually read for the light it sheds on the legal situation of Jews in the Christian Roman empire, it is ar...

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ISSN: 0018-0750
Published: Dublin Department of Classics, Trinity College Dublin 2022
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