[901] Cod. Iust. xi. 26. Cf. Cod. Theod. xiv. 18. 1.
[902] It is true that pagan philosophers like Epicurus had women among their intimates, but their recognition was as much of an anomaly in the ancient world as they themselves were. With Christianity the recognition claimed a more general acceptance, though the claim was subsequently disregarded and never fully admitted.
[903] Cf. Camb. Med. Hist. i. 168.
[904] ‘Indecens visum. Repudiatis fiscalibus, propriis cum sumptibus vivere maluerunt’, Sulpic. Sever. Chron. ii. 41.
[905] Sid. Ep. vi. 1, viii. 11, ix. 11.
[906] Sid. Ep. iv. 17.
[907] Ep. iv. 17. 3 ‘Lupus ... Auspicius quorum doctrinae abundanti eventilandae nec consultatio tua sufficit’.
[908] Ep. vi. 12; ii. 10. 2; iv. 25. 5.
[909] Ep. ix. 3.
[910] Ep. vii. 1; iv. 9. 6; v. 14. 2.