Geryones nos esse puta, monstrumque tributum,
Hic capita, ut vivam, tu mihi tolle tria.
The taxes must have been again very high for him to anticipate so much relief from the remission of only three heads (c. 460).
[624] Cod. Theod., XI, i, 14; “quantulacumque terrarum possessio.”
[625] Ibid., XIII, x, 2.
[626] Ibid., XIII, x, 4, 6.
[627] Ibid., XIII, iii, iv. A list of thirty-five handicrafts exempted is given, including professionals, such as physicians, painters, architects, and geometers. I find no relief, however, in the case of lawyers.
[628] Cod. Theod., IV, xii; Godefroy could only recover one Constitution of this title, but Haenel has been able to collect nine; thirteen are contained in the corresponding title of the Code, IV, lxi. On imported eunuchs ⅛ was paid; Cod., IV, xlii, 2.
[629] Ibid., X, xix, 3, 12.
[630] Ibid., IV, xii.