 Although same-sex relationships were quite common in ancient Greece, Rome and pagan Celtic societies, after Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire, severe laws against homosexual behaviour appeared.An edict by the Emperor Theodosius I in 390 condemned all "passive" homosexual men to death by public burning.This was followed by the "Corpus Juris Civilis" of Justinian I in 529, which prescribed public castration and execution for all who committed homosexual acts, both active and passive partners.