Abstract
The compilation arid promulgation of the Theodosian Code, which was formally effected in 438, put the Hellenic cults of the Eastern Roman Empire on a new footing. The legislation compiled in the Theodosian Code aimed at suppressing public ceremonial than interfering with private conscience. The codification made edicts originally published in light of conditions in circumscribed localities such as Proconsular Africa, Osrhoene, and Egypt binding throughout the empire. Three edicts issued in the West in 399 pertaining to the disposition of temple buildings had sufficient relevance to general conditions to merit being included in the Theodosian Code some forty years later. The chapter examines the status of sorcery and divination in the imperial edicts. A clear watershed was reached in the relations between the Christian empire and the priesthoods of the Greek cities with the comprehensive law of Theodosius the Great (8 November 392) from the standpoint of public worship.Keywords: divination; Eastern Roman Empire; Greek cities; Hellenic cults; imperial edicts; Proconsular Africa; sorcery; Theodosian Code
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