[Footnote4:SeeGrotiusdeJureBellietPacis，l。ii。c。7。Hehaslaboriouslyoutvainly，attemptedtoformareasonablesystemofjurisprudencefromthevariousanddiscordantmodesofroyalsuccession，whichhavebeenintroducedbyfraudorforce，bytimeoraccident。]
[Footnote5:TheoriginalwritersarenotagreedseeMuratori，Annalid\'Italiatom。iv。p。139whetherValentinianreceivedtheImperialdiadematRomeorRavenna。Inthisuncertainty，Iamwillingtobelieve，thatsomerespectwasshowntothesenate。]
[Footnote6:ThecountdeBuatHist。desPeupesdel\'Europe，tom。vii。p。292—300hasestablishedthereality，explainedthemotives，andtracedtheconsequences，ofthisremarkablecession。]
[Footnote7:SeethefirstNovelofTheodosius，bywhichheratifiesandcommunicatesA。D。438theTheodosianCode。Aboutfortyyearsbeforethattime，theunityoflegislationhadbeenprovedbyanexception。TheJews，whowerenumerousinthecitiesofApuliaandCalabria，producedalawoftheEasttojustifytheirexemptionfrommunicipaloffices，Cod。Theod。l。
xvi。tit。viii。leg。13；andtheWesternemperorwasobligedtoinvalidate，byaspecialedict，thelaw，quamconstatmeispartibusessedamnosam。Cod。Theod。l。xi。tit。i。leg。158。]