6.Justinian's weren't the first Roman laws prohibiting homosexual behavior (earlier such
measures had been included in the Lex Scantinia dating from the year 149 BCE and the Lex
Julia dating from 17 BCE, both constituting death penalty for homosexual behavior, while
we have allegations that even before Lex Scantinia, such laws existed but direct evidence
was lost), however while sticking to death penalty by beheading Justinian's legal novels
heralded a change in Roman legal paradigm as in that he introduced a concept of not only
mundane but also divine punishment for homosexual behavior. Individuals might ignore and
escape mundane laws, however they could not do the same with divine laws if Justinian
declared his novels to be such.
