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CTh 9.40.13 of 18 August 382 requires a pause before capital sentences are carried out

The thirty-day (or delayed-execution) constitution is a 382 law in the later code, not a 390 invention after Thessalonica even when later writers moralise it that way. In the causal graph this event weakens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Grenoble’s Roman-law portal independently of DIR’s reign narrative preserves the later-coded criminal constitutions of these years.

Context

It does not cancel later massacre. Shared colleague emperors named on the law remain.

Theodosius I’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

The thirty-day (or delayed-execution) constitution is a 382 law in the later code, not a 390 invention after Thessalonica even when later writers moralise it that way. Store the constitution on its own date. Thessalonica remains a 390 harm row.

Why it matters

The 382 delay-law is a justice path of medium confidence on later moralising uses, high that a capital-delay constitution sits in the code under this reign-cluster.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Theodosius I

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.De Imperatoribus Romanis — Theodosius ILoyola University Chicago · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Roman law texts including Codex Theodosianus extracts — GrenobleUniversité Grenoble Alpes / Droit romain · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Theodosius I did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorTheodosius I
  2. contributed toFactCTh 9.40.13 of 18 August 382 requires a pause before capital sentences are carried out
  3. weakensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). CTh 9.40.13 of 18 August 382 requires a pause before capital sentences are carried out. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/theo-death-sentence-delay-382

https://factrail.ai/facts/theo-death-sentence-delay-382

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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