and thus when the edict of Pistes distinguishes the countries of the Roman law from those which were otherwise, the meaning is, that in countries which were not of the Roman law, such a multitude of people had chosen to live under some or other of the laws of the barbarians that there were scarcely any who would be subject to the Roman law;
esate baterako, Pistesko ediktuak erromatar zuzenbidea zuten erromatarrak eta ez zutenak bereizten ditu, eta horrek zera esan nahi du, zuzenbide erromatarreko ez ziren lurraldeetan hainbeste jendek aukeratua zuela herri barbaroen legeen esanera bizitzea, non eskualde haietan ez baitzegoen ia inor lege erromatarraren arabera bizitzea aukeratu zuenik;