Law issued by Theodosius I [Present-day Italy]: “No Jew shall retain his own marriage customs, nor seek marriage according to the law of the Jews, nor possess several wives at the same time.” [Editor’s note: Author’s footnote dates this law in 393 as Theodosian code 1.9.7]
“The Persecution of the Jews in the Roman Empire (300-428).” James Everett Seaver. 1952, Page 48; Accessed online 8/2/2011 ADD RESEARCHER/DATE