Orientamenti normativi in tema di titolarità di beni vacanti al tempo di Leone e di Antemio

With reference to the transmission of laws from the east to the west, two interesting novellae were issued by Anthemius on 19th March 468, both in the same day. They are Nov. Anth. 2 and Nov. Anth. 3 and they prove the origin of a set of rules, which wanted to solve a specific matter: if, in the case of imperial legal donations of vacant fields, the donation done by the emperor would have been valid or invalid. Should assets be returned to the lawful owners? Anthemius' answer is given after consulting the east emperor, Leo, the real author of the principium and § 1 of Nov. Anth. 3. In the essay it is analysed the legal content of these novellae.