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The Nomos Georgikos mentions several animal species, mainly quadrupeds as oxen, donkeys and sheep, but also pigs and dogs: the relations between these animals and the men who worked the land as farmers produce juridical consequences, as reparations for damages and punishments of crimes, ruled by norms coming both from customary law and Justinian’s compilation, their presence could represent a sort of interpretation key in studying the compilation technique of the whole collection through the heritage of Roman law.

Aim of the contribute is to offer a new key to analyse the matter concerning the influence of Byzantine law sources on the development of the legal system in Southern Italy. In addition to a historical and juridical survey about the reception process of the Isaurian Ekloge in the territories controlled by the Byzantines, a comparison is tried considering the diffusion of the compilation also in the Slavian world and especially in the Balkan regions: to study the reasons, which persuaded Stefan Du{an to use the text to compose his Zakonik, could be very useful to understand the characters - totally different because of political grounds - of the preservation of the Isaurian Ekloge in the manuscripts coming from Southern Italy.