Coin from Sepphoris during the Reign of Caracalla
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Conference of Rights
Historia Augusta, Septimus Severus 16.6–17.1|Historia Augusta, Antoninus Caracalla 1.4–8
He [Severus] then returned victorious to Syria. But when the senators offered him a triumph [a public celebration] for the…
Freedom in Return for a Tribute
Apology 18.6–8
Hebrews of old they were, who now are Jews; so the books are called Hebrew and the language. But that understanding of their books might not be wanting, the concession was made to Ptolemy by the Jews…
Roman Citizenship for All Free Persons
Constitutio Antoniniana 1.1–30
“Edict of the [Emperor Caesar] M. Aurelius [Severus] Antoninus Augustus. [It is everywhere] necessary to attribute the main causes and reasons of events [to the divinity. I too myself have to be…
Laws against Mixing with Jews
The Synod of Elvira, Canons 16, 49, 50, 78
Heretics, if they are unwilling to change over to the catholic Church, are not to have catholic girls [in marriage]; nor shall they…
Laws against Judaizing
Council of Laodicea, Canons 29, 37, 38
Christians should not judaize and refrain from work on the Sabbath, but they should work on that day. As Christians, they should honor…
Prohibition against Marrying a Jew
Council of Chalcedon, Canon 14
Since in some provinces lectors and cantors are allowed to marry, the holy council has decreed that none of them may take a heretic to wife. Those who have already had children by such marriages, if…