Constantinus Imperator, Decreta et Constitutiones

Imp. Constantinus A. ad Maximumm. Nullus arus- pex limen alterius accedat h, nec ob alteram cau- sam, sed o hujusmodi hominum, quamvis vetus p, amicitia repellatur; concremando illo aruspice, qui ad domum alienam accesserit, et illo qui q cum sua- sionibus vel praemiis evocaverit a, post ademptio- nem b bonorum in insulam detrudendo. Supersti- tioni enim suae servire cupientes poterunt publice ritum proprium exercere. Accusatorem autem hujus criminis non delatorem esse, sed dignum magis praemio arbitramur. PP. kal. febr.cRomae Constan- tino A. V. et Licinio C. Coss. (319).

Emperor Constantine Augustus to Maximus. Let no haruspex approach another man's threshold, not even for some other reason; but let friendship with men of this kind, however old, be rejected. The haruspex who has approached another's house is to be burned, and he who has summoned him by persuasion or rewards is to be banished to an island after his goods have been confiscated. For those who wish to serve their own superstition will be able to practise their own rite in public. And the accuser of this crime we judge to be not an informer but rather worthy of a reward. Posted on the Kalends of February at Rome, in the consulship of Constantine Augustus for the fifth time and Licinius Caesar. (319).

Imp. Constantinus. A.oet C. ad Bassum Pf. P.p Eorum est scientia punienda et severissimis q merito legibus vindicanda r, qui magicis accincti artibus aut contra hominum moliti salutem s aut pudicos ad libidinem deflexisse a animos detegentur. Nullis vero crimina- tionibus implicanda sunt remedia b humanis c quae- sita corporibus aut in agrestibus locis, ne maturis d vindemiis metuerentur imbres, aut ruentis e grandi- nis lapidatione quaterentur, innocenter f adbibita suffragia, quibus non cujusque g salus aut existima- tio laederetur, sed quorum proficerent actus, ne di- vina munera et labores hominum sternerentur h. Dat. 10 iKal. Jun.jAquileiak, Crispolet Constan- tinomCaess. Coss. (321).

Emperor Constantine Augustus and Caesar to Bassus, Praetorian Prefect. The knowledge of those people is to be punished and deservedly avenged by the most severe laws who, equipped with magic arts, are found either to have worked against men's safety or to have turned chaste minds to lust. But no charges are to involve remedies sought for human bodies, or aids innocently applied in country places so that rains should not be feared for the ripe grape harvests or the harvests be battered by the stoning of falling hail — aids by which no one's safety or reputation would be harmed, but whose operations would help so that the gifts of God and the labours of men should not be laid low. Given on the tenth day before the Kalends of June at Aquileia, in the consulship of Crispus and Constantine, Caesars. (321).