[49] C. Th. xv. 7. 1, 2 (371); xv. 7. 4 (380); xv. 7. 9 (381). Historians have seen in some of these rescripts which are dated from Milan the influence of St. Ambrose. C. Th. xv. 7. 13 (414) seems to withdraw the concessions, in the interest of the public voluptates, but this may have been only a temporary or local measure.
[50] C. Th. xv. 7. 11 (393); xv. 7. 12 (394); xv. 13. 1 (396).
[51] C. Th. iv. 6. 3 (336) ‘scenicae ... quarum venenis inficiuntur animi perditorum’; xv. 7. 8 (381), of the relapsing scenica, ‘permaneat donec anus ridicula, senectute deformis, nec tunc quidem absolutione potiatur, cum aliud quam casta esse non possit.’
[52] C. Th. xv. 7. 12 (394).
[53] C. Th. xv. 6. 2 (399) is explicit, ‘ludicras artes concedimus agitari, ne ex nimia harum restrictione tristitia generetur.’
[54] C. Th. vi. 4. 2 (327); vi. 4. 4 (339); vi. 4. 29 (396); vi. 4. 32 (397). It appears from the decree of 396 that the ‘theatralis dispensio’ of the praetors had been diverted to the building of an aqueduct; they are now to give ‘scenicas voluptates’ again. Symmachus, Ep. vi. 42, describes his difficulties in getting scenici for his son’s praetorship, which cost him £80,000. They were lost at sea; cf. Dill, 151.
[55] See Appendix A.
[56] C. Th. xv. 7. 5 (380); xv. 7. 10 (385); C. Iust. xi. 41. 5 (409).
[57] C. Th. xv. 7. 8 (381); xiv. 7. 3 (412).
[58] C. Th. xvi. 10. 3 (346). But C. Th. xvi. 10. 17 (399) forbids ‘voluptates’ to be connected with sacrifice or superstition.