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Which people were governed by the Edictum Rothari of 643?
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The Edictum Rothari, issued in 643, was a legal code that applied exclusively to the Lombards.1
During the early medieval period, Germanic law was generally personal rather than territorial, meaning it applied only to members of a specific nation or tribe. Consequently, while the Lombards lived alongside Roman subjects in Italy, the Edictum Rothari did not extend to those Romans, for whom Roman law remained applicable.1