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==Laws against homosexual acts==

==Laws against homosexual acts==

Greek laws existed which regulated pederasty, while later Romans laws went further. During the later Imperial period the Lex Julia de adulteris (originally of c.17BCE) was expanded by legal commentators to include first offenses against boys, and  possibly all male homosexual acts. The Institutes of the Corpus Juris Civilis (which went into effect Dec 30, 533) is understood by some to sum up the legal opinons:<ref>Paul Halsall, Justinian I: Novel 77 [538] and Novel 141 [544 CE]]</ref>  

Greek laws existed which regulated pederasty, while later Romans laws went further. During the Roman Imperial period the Lex Julia de adulteris (originally of c.17BCE) was expanded by legal commentators to include first offenses against boys, and  possibly all male homosexual acts. The Institutes of the Corpus Juris Civilis (which went into effect Dec 30, 533) is understood by some to sum up the legal opinons:<ref>Paul Halsall, Justinian I: Novel 77 [538] and Novel 141 [544 CE]</ref>  

Institutes IV. xviii .4: ''In criminal cases public prosecutions take place under various statutes, including the Lex Julia de adulteris, "…which punishes with death (gladio), not only those who violate the marriages of others, but also those who dare to commit acts of vile lust with [other] men (qui cim masculis nefandum libidinem exercere audent)."'   

Institutes IV. xviii .4: ''In criminal cases public prosecutions take place under various statutes, including the Lex Julia de adulteris, "…which punishes with death (gladio), not only those who violate the marriages of others, but also those who dare to commit acts of vile lust with [other] men (qui cim masculis nefandum libidinem exercere audent)."'