Byzantine Emperor Justinian the great compiled the existing purple laws on the latest

Byzantine Emperor Justinian the great compiled the existing purple laws on the latest

five-hundred – 1499

Corpus Juris Civilis with 38 entries on prostitution in 534. Justinian was married to Empress Theodora, an alleged former prostitute, in 525.

“A great decree out-of Recared, Catholic king of the Visigoths of Spain (596-601) undoubtedly blocked prostitution. Girls and female produced from totally free parents convicted away from both practising prostitution, or triggering debauchery, had been destined to the first offense getting flogged (300 strokes) in order to getting ignominously expelled regarding town.”

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