Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . Constantine, and^unfortunately we do not possess the whole ofthe sixty books of which it originally consisted. It was verymuch an adaptation of the code of Justinian to altered circum-stances, and is of great value for the interpretation of the CorpusJuris. The piincipal editions are that of Fabrott (7 vols, fol.,Par. 1647), and the recent one of Heimbach (vols. 1—5, —1850), which includes portions discovered since Fabrotistime. The B. has been the subject of many commentaries. BASILIC-V (Gr. Basilike, from
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . Constantine, and^unfortunately we do not possess the whole ofthe sixty books of which it originally consisted. It was verymuch an adaptation of the code of Justinian to altered circum-stances, and is of great value for the interpretation of the CorpusJuris. The piincipal editions are that of Fabrott (7 vols, fol.,Par. 1647), and the recent one of Heimbach (vols. 1—5, —1850), which includes portions discovered since Fabrotistime. The B. has been the subject of many commentaries. BASILIC-V (Gr. Basilike, from Basileus, a king). Originally,the B. seems to have been the hall or court-room in which theking administered tlie laws made by himself and the chiefs whoformed Ins council. When monarchy was abolisheil at Athens,the second of the magistrates who succeeded to the kingly powerwas called the Archon-basileus, the first being styled the Aichon bypre-eminence; and it is as the court or hall (stoa) in which theArchon-basileus administered justice, that the B. first appears in. Section of Trajans Basilica, Home. authentic history. But it was amongst the Romans that the its chief ini|)ortance; and in addition to its original useas a court of justice, became a market-jilace, an exchange, a jilaceof meeting for men of business generally. It was not till a com-paratively late iieriod, however, that a B. was erected at first we hear of is the B. Porcia in 182 From this periodtill,the time of Constantine, they were constructed in great num-bers. Some twenty are known to liave existed in Rome and lat-terly, everj provincial town, even those of small extent, had eachits B.,as that of Pompeii which is now the most perfect example,still testifies. The most frequented part of the city was alwaysselected for the site of a B.; and as this was almost alwaysthe Forum, the words Forum and B. are occasionally used assynonymous by ancient writers. The earliest basilicas wer
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