Greetings all,
On this Day we reflect on the Emperor Honorius (brother of
the Eastern Emperor Arcadius) signing an edict providing tax relief for
the Italian provinces on May 8th in 413 AD:
Rome itself had been sacked in 410 AD, and Tuscia, Campania,
Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria had also all been
plundered by the Visigoths. This tax relief was an effort to help the
provinces rebuild. Both Honorius and Arcadius have poor historical
legacies for not being strong emperors, but they did provide some
competent administration and civil continuity.
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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