De civitatibus expellendis et ultimo supplicio tradendis in C.1.5.5.1: due sanzioni in contrasto?
De civitatibus expellendis and ultimo supplicio tradendis in C.1.5.5.1: Two Contradicting Sanctions?

Author(s): Mariateresa Carbone
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Roman law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Источном Сарајеву
Keywords: Exile; Ultimum supplicium; Death penalty; Sacertas;
Summary/Abstract: The Justinian version of a constitution by Theodosius II, accepted in C.1.5.5.1, establishes both exile and the ultimum supplicium as penalties against the Manicheans. The apparent antimony between the two sanctions could be resolved if it is believed that the execution of the second was subject to failure to comply with the first: if the person condemned to exile had been found on Roman soil he would have been killed, punishment perhaps evoking the ancient sanction of sacredness.

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