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Justinian (AD 482–565)

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10.4324/9780415249126-T039-1
DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-T039-1
Version: v1,  Published online: 1998
Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/justinian-ad-482-565/v-1

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There was a late Roman renaissance during Justinian’s reign in the sixth century ad. Its high point was the compilation by his minister Tribonian of a huge restatement of Roman law in four works, the Institutes, Digest, Code and Novels, preserving a selection of its achievements. Called by medieval lawyers the Corpus iuris civilis, it is the basic material for studying Roman law and the source of much of Europe’s legal thinking.

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McLeod, Grant. Justinian (AD 482–565), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-T039-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/justinian-ad-482-565/v-1.
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