Athanasios of Emesa (Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Ἐμεσαῖος/Ἐμεσηνός; Emesa is now

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) was a

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jurist living in the 6th century. Coming from the first generation of jurists to practice after

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completed the codification of Roman law, he worked as a teacher of law,

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and

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. His principal work is the Syntagma (572-77), a practical lawyer's edition of the Novellae in which he orders the Novellae into 22 titles and pioneers the use of ''paratitla'',

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-like references to other sources. Highly popular in its day, the Syntagma vanished from practical use together with the Novellae during the 7th century.

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