Simon Corcoran
Biographic Data
| ID | 5374088 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Corcoran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Corcoran |
| SIGNATURE | CORCORAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0519-3732 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 49 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 49 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Roman Law and the Two Languages in Justinian's Empire
This paper, reflecting Fergus Millar's work on linguistic and cultural diversity in the Roman empire, surveys the evolving relationship of Latin and Greek as languages for Roman law. Normative texts remained predominantly Latin until the completion of Justinian's codification (534), even though that was a genuinely bilingual product. However, following the already existing pattern in the Greek east, a vast corpus of Greek materials was then quick…
The Gregorianus and Hermogenianus assembled and shattered
The Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes do not survive and so have to be imagined from their remains recycled into other late antique legal works, in particular the Justinian Code. Additional illumination may also be provided if the recent identification of some fragments (Fragmenta Londiniensia Anteiustiniana) as coming from the Gregorian Code is correct. From the various sources, it is clear that the Hermogenian Code consisted almost solely of priv…
Fragmentum (fragmenta) de iure fisci
The Fragmentum (fragmenta) de iure fisci (fragment or fragments on the law of the fiscus : both denominations have been used) comprises two incomplete pages of a fifth‐century Roman law manuscript, identified and transcribed at Verona at the same time as the famous Gaius palimpsest (1816).
Citations, law Governing
The so‐called Law of Citations (Lex Citandi) was originally part of a long enactment on the sources of law and other matters addressed to the Senate in Rome by the government of the western emperor, Valentinian III, in November 426.
Fragmenta Vaticana
The Fragmenta Vaticana (Vatican Fragments) are the remains of an anonymous fourth‐century Roman legal work, which only survives partially preserved in a palimpsest manuscript of the fifth century.
Codex Justinianus
The Codex Justinianus is a compilation of edited extracts of laws and rulings issued by Roman emperors between the second and sixth centuries CE, which exists today only in its Second Edition of 534. Under instructions issued by the emperor Justinian in February 528, a commission of officials and jurists was appointed to compile the Code.
Theoderic, Edict of
The Edict of Theoderic is a Late Antique legal compilation based on Roman law, produced in Italy ca. 500 CE .
Sententiae of Paulus
The Sententiae (Sentences or Opinions) of Paulus are a pseudonymous Late Antique legal compilation.
Collatio legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum
The Collatio legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (Comparison of Mosaic and Roman Laws) or Lex Dei (Law of God), whose author and original title are unknown, is a fourth‐century Latin work that is an early attempt at comparative law.
Codex Gregorianus and Codex Hermogenianus
The Codex Gregorianus and Codex Hermogenianus were collections of imperial rescripts compiled in the reign of Diocletian.
Sasanian Lawbook
The Sasanian Lawbook or Mādayān ī Hazār Dādestān (the book called A thousand judgements ) is the only Sasanian legal work to survive in its original form and language, Middle Persian (Pahlavi).
Tablettes Albertini
The Tablettes Albertini (Albertini Tablets) are a set of legal documents on wood, important for illustrating law, society, and economy in Vandal Africa.
Edict on prices, Diocletian's
The Prices Edict was issued by Diocletian and his colleagues in 301 CE in the most comprehensive ancient attempt to introduce a “prices and incomes policy” intended to stem inflation.
Consultatio veteris cuiusdam iurisconsulti
The Consultatio veteris cuiusdam iurisconsulti (Consultation of some antique jurist), whose author and original title are unknown, is a fifth‐century Roman legal treatise in Latin.
Murison and Theophilus
Seeking to correct the misleading account in the Dictionary of National Biography, this article reassesses the academic career of Alexander Falconer Murison, 1847-1934 (Professor of Roman Law, UCL, 1883-1925) by careful use of both his published Memoirs (1935) and his papers held at UCL. His principal scholarly work for some 30 years from 1897 concerned the Greek lecture-course on Justinian’s Institutes (known as the Paraphrasis) attributed to th…
Anastasius, Justinian, and the Pagans
P. Oxy. XV 1814 provides the most direct evidence for the contents of the First Edition of the Justinian Code (the Novus Codex of 529). Providing the basis for a comparison with the Second Edition (the Codex repetitae praelectionis of 534), it reveals how in the later edition material was added, removed, replaced, and relocated. In particular, the papyrus throws light on imperial policy toward the pagans from its presentation of material under CJ…
Two Tales, Two Cities
The first part of the paper identifies a fragment of papyrus in Latin from Antinoopolis (PSI XIII 1346) as part of Justinian’s Novel 62, and discusses the significance of this for the dissemination of Justinian’s legislation and in particular the fate of Latin in the sixth-century empire. The second part gives a summary account of the history of The Park, Nottingham (the current residence of the honorand), the former royal hunting ground next to …
An Introduction to the Projet Volterra
This is the introduction for a set of papers from the Volterra Colloquium held at the ICS in March 2004. The Projet Volterra was established in honour of the memory of the Roman lawyer Edoardo Volterra (1904-1984) and its overall aim is to promote the study of Roman law in its full social, political and legal context. Phase one of the British contribution to this aim, entitled ‘Law and Empire’, has produced an on-line searchable database with sup…
Galerius, Maximinus and the Titulature of the Third Tetrarchy
Journal Article GALERIUS, MAXIMINUS AND THE TITULATURE OF THE THIRD TETRARCHY Get access SIMON CORCORAN SIMON CORCORAN University College London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 49, Issue 1, December 2006, Pages 231–240, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2006.tb00687.x Published: 12 March 2010
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and a freshness of interpretation that will be welcomed by the experts. The volume is divided into five sections that examine political history, religion, social and economic h…
The Sins of the Fathers
This article argues that a constitution attributed to Diocletian and Maximian in a canon law ms from Paris (BN Par. Lat. 3858C), but to Justinian in four Justinian Code mss, and excluded from the main edition of the Code currently used by scholars, is a genuine tetrarchic rescript. It prevents the incest-born (not previously penalised under Roman law), from holding judicial or other posts, unless these incurred burdensome obligations, reflecting …
The Empire of the Tetrarchs
Imperial Edicts
This chapter sets out a catalogue raisonné, containing all known imperial edicts for the period 284-324. It includes: edicts whose texts are preserved, in part or in whole; non-edictal texts that refer to edicts; texts of or references to the edicts of prefects and governors, where these are closely connected to imperial enactments.
A. Diocletianic Ascriptions to the Gregorian Code
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The Powers of the Lesser Tetrarchs
The martyr Procopius criticized the tetrarchic multiplicity of rulers by quoting Homer; ‘It is not good that there should be many lords; let there be one lord, one king’1 Certainly, the existence of multiple co-rulers creates problems in understanding the constitutional com plexities involved, as regards both the relationship of the Augusti to one another, and the relative powers of Augusti and Caesars. There are two questions to ask: who could a…
The Empire of the Tetrarchs
The Tetrarchic age is a crucial period of change and transition in the history of the Roman empire, marking the conventional beginning of the late empire, when the reforms of Diocletian and Constantine established the pattern of government for three hundred years. But the years 284 to 324 also form a logical unit of political narrative, encompassing the genesis, existence, and demise of the tetrarchic experiment itself. The tetrarchy proper, of t…
Anastasius, Justinian, and the Pagans
P. Oxy. XV 1814 provides the most direct evidence for the contents of the First Edition of the Justinian Code (the Novus Codex of 529). Providing the basis for a comparison with the Second Edition (the Codex repetitae praelectionis of 534), it reveals how in the later edition material was added, removed, replaced, and relocated. In particular, the papyrus throws light on imperial policy toward the pagans from its presentation of material under CJ…
Galerius, Maximinus and the Titulature of the Third Tetrarchy
Journal Article GALERIUS, MAXIMINUS AND THE TITULATURE OF THE THIRD TETRARCHY Get access SIMON CORCORAN SIMON CORCORAN University College London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 49, Issue 1, December 2006, Pages 231–240, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2006.tb00687.x Published: 12 March 2010
The unit measurement of marble in Diocletian's Prices Edict
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The Gregorianus and Hermogenianus assembled and shattered
The Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes do not survive and so have to be imagined from their remains recycled into other late antique legal works, in particular the Justinian Code. Additional illumination may also be provided if the recent identification of some fragments (Fragmenta Londiniensia Anteiustiniana) as coming from the Gregorian Code is correct. From the various sources, it is clear that the Hermogenian Code consisted almost solely of priv…
The unit measurement of marble in Diocletian's Prices Edict
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Imperial Edicts
This chapter sets out a catalogue raisonné, containing all known imperial edicts for the period 284-324. It includes: edicts whose texts are preserved, in part or in whole; non-edictal texts that refer to edicts; texts of or references to the edicts of prefects and governors, where these are closely connected to imperial enactments.
A. Diocletianic Ascriptions to the Gregorian Code
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The Powers of the Lesser Tetrarchs
The martyr Procopius criticized the tetrarchic multiplicity of rulers by quoting Homer; ‘It is not good that there should be many lords; let there be one lord, one king’1 Certainly, the existence of multiple co-rulers creates problems in understanding the constitutional com plexities involved, as regards both the relationship of the Augusti to one another, and the relative powers of Augusti and Caesars. There are two questions to ask: who could a…
The Prices Edict
The Prices Edict is the longest and most ambitious of surviving tetrarchic legislative measures. As such, it merits a chapter to itself, though it should also be seen in the context of other pronouncements. This chapter sets out to answer various questions: why was it issued, how was it compiled, where was it enforced? These all reflect upon the attitudes and effectiveness of the government In the midst of his fierce attack on the misrule of Dioc…
The Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes
Two of the four Roman law codes from antiquity survive in versions that are almost complete (CTh and CJ). Both have preserved with them constitutions and acta giving information on their composition and pro mulgation. Each bears the name of the emperor under whose auspices the code came into existence1 and each refers to the codes that pre ceded it. For the two earlier codes, however, we have almost no information. Even the identity of their name…
C. Private Rescripts of Constantine
E. Imperial Plurals
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G. References to the Governor in Private Rescripts
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The Emperor in Action
The texts so far examined represent three categories of document—edicts, letters, and private rescripts—documents issued in the emperor’s name, which were signed by him and then posted or dispatched. But some imperial pronouncements require imperial activity of a different sort and a handful of texts from the codes show the emperor in action, making pronouncements in the most direct possible form, by oral delivery.1 The emperor, therefore, has a …
Imperial Letters
The main purpose of this and the next chapter is to provide a survey of imperial letters and edicts in the form of chronological catalogues, with appropriate brief comments on notable features of the texts listed. In view of the relatively small number of surviving edicts, Chapter 7 gives a complete catalogue of them for the entire period under discus sion (284– 324). In this current chapter, letters for the period 284– 313 are listed, with a mor…
D. Imperial Letters 314—324
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Preface to Paperback Edition
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Dedication
Private Rescripts
Private rescripts are the subject of this and the next two chapters. This chapter gives an account of the rescript system and rescripts in general, their legal force, their format, the nature of the petitions that prompted them, and the citation of precedent and uses of the past as found both in the rescripts and other pronouncements. Chapter 4 discusses the Honore method of dividing rescripts according to marks of style attesting to their author…
B. Diocletianic Ascriptions to the Hermogenian Code
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Conclusion
The tetrarchic period displays a richness and variety in the pronounce ments of its emperors, which the preceding chapters have attempted to explore, assembling together this wide range of material. What conclusions can be drawn about the nature of tetrarchic government, and its ideology and ambition? First, the private rescripts themselves, despite their predominance in the material, were not strictly speaking fulfilling a legislative function n…
F. Abstract Forms of Address
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Additional Notes
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The Role of the Governor
The role of the governor as portrayed in the private rescripts is of the utmost importance. This is not surprising. The emperor in his rescript is not hearing the case, either as judge of first instance or judge of appeal. Most rescripts apply to particular cases that are either under way or about to be initiated away from the imperial court. Thus most of the onus of a case falls on the judge, who is normally the provincial governor. Indeed, with…
Abbrieviation
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Title Pages
The Recipients of Private Rescripts
The Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes were officially sponsored pro ductions. But if the impetus for their compilation was imperial, the rescripts included in them were prompted by private petitions, originating often far from the court. Thus, whatever selection procedure chose rescripts for the codes, the population of texts, from which the selection was made, came into being as a function of private initiative. Indeed, with around I ,200 survivin…
Map
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The Palatine Secretaries
It is the achievement of Tony Honore to have pioneered a new approach to the imperial constitutions, seeking to treat them not as uniform chancery products issued in the name of an imperial college, but as literary texts produced by individual authors.1 His argument is that imperial laws and rescripts (despite later editing) can be read with an eye to style and attitude, and that doing so with the texts assembled into a chronological palingenesia…
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