Note 044 The emperor chides the lenity of Rogatian, consular of Tuscany, in a style of acrimonius reproof, which sounds almost like personal resentment (Novell. tit. ix. p. 37). The law of Majorian which punished obstinate widows was soon afterwards repealed by his successor Severus (Novell. Sever. tit. i. p. 37).

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 36