Religion by Force of Arms . . . as to defend their Lives, their bEstates/b, and. Liberties . . . .?253. Likewise, at the conclusion of Pufendorf's chapter on self-defense,. Barbeyrac included a long note on a subject which he chided b....../b For detailed analysis of Code provisions on self-defense and arms, see Will bTysse/b, The. Roman Legal Treatment of Self Defense and the Private Possession of Weapons in the Codex. Justinianus, 16 J. FIREARMS & PUB. POL'Y 163 (2004). ...