The Code of Justinian (Latin: Codex Justinianus, Justinianeus or Justiniani) is one part of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman law ordered...
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Corpus Juris Civilis (redirect from Justinian Code of Laws)
of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. It is also sometimes referred to metonymically after one of its parts, the Code of Justinian. The work as planned had...
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Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian dynasty, reigning from 685 to 695 and again from 705 to 711. Like his namesake, Justinian I, Justinian II was an ambitious...
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under the Justinian dynasty began in 518 AD with the accession of Justin I. Under the Justinian dynasty, particularly the reign of Justinian I, the empire...
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Medieval Serbian law (section The Code of Justinian)
manuscript from the 15th century. In the Code of Justinian there are 13 provisions adopted from the Greek edition of the Code on Agriculture edited and translated...
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and wife of emperor Justinian I. She was from humble origins and became empress when her husband became emperor in 527. Theodora was one of his chief...
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Justinian, also known as the Justinian Code (429–534 AD). In India, the Edicts of Ashoka (269–236 BC) were followed by the Law of Manu (200 BC). In ancient...
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Justinian I (Latin: Iustinianus, Ancient Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós; 482 – 14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Byzantine...
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Institutes of Justinian (Cornell University Press, 1987). See Timothy Kearley, Justice Fred Blume and the Translation of the Justinian Code (2nd ed. 2008)...
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called a code of law and its provisions laws. The document, on first inspection, resembles a highly organised code similar to the Code of Justinian and the...
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December 30 (redirect from Sixth Day of Christmas)
final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire. 999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under...
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Mancipatio (category Economy of ancient Rome)
fell into disuse during the Empire and was finally abolished by the code of Justinian.[citation needed] Forsythe, Gary, "Ubi tu gaius, ego gaia. New Light...
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Middle Ages (category History of Europe by period)
Mediterranean and remained a major power. The empire's law code, the Corpus Juris Civilis or "Code of Justinian", was rediscovered in Northern Italy in the 11th...
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'barbarians' who sacked Rome?". livescience.com. Retrieved 2024-08-30. "The Code of Justinian : Book 1 ( Scott )". droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr. Retrieved...
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Digest (Roman law) (redirect from Pandects of Justinian)
"All-Containing"), was a compendium or digest of juristic writings on Roman law compiled by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 530–533 AD. It is divided into...
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Constantine the Great (redirect from Constantine I of the Roman Empire)
2009. Codex Justinianeus (Justinianic Code or Code of Justinian). Scott, Samuel P., trans. The Code of Justinian, in The Civil Law. 17 vols. 1932. Online...
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The plague of Justinian or Justinianic plague (AD 541–549) was an epidemic of plague that afflicted the entire Mediterranean Basin, Europe, and the Near...
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Byzantine Empire (redirect from Empire of the Greeks)
recurring cycles of decline and recovery. It reached its greatest extent under the reign of Justinian I (r. 527–565), who briefly reconquered much of Italy and...
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modern applications. Notably, during the Roman Empire, the 'Code of Justinian' mandated the use of temporary fencing, or 'circumvallation,' as a tactical measure...
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Berytus (category History of Beirut)
"pre-eminent". The Code of Justinian (one part of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman law ordered early in the 6th century CE by Justinian I and fully...
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Western Roman Empire (redirect from History of the Western Roman Empire)
Western imperial court in Ravenna disappeared by AD 554, at the end of Justinian's Gothic War. Though there were periods with more than one emperor ruling...
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Constantinople (redirect from City of Constantine)
List of people from Constantinople Augustaion Column of Justinian Basilica Cistern Column of Marcian Bucoleon Palace Horses of Saint Mark Obelisk of Theodosius...
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manuscripts of the Code also contain two other texts: The first part was an abridgement of the Syntagma, the second part was the so-called "Code of Justinian" (a...
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retable of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice (and in Italian may refer to other gold altar frontals elsewhere). It is universally recognized as one of the...
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Clerical celibacy (redirect from Vow of celibacy)
Gregory of Tours. A History of the Franks. Pantianos Classics, 1916 Code of Justinian, 1.3.44 Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine Code of Justinian, 1...
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Greek fire (redirect from Kallinikos of Heliopolis)
a couple of years before the supposed arrival of Kallinikos at Constantinople. If this is not due to chronological confusion of the events of the siege...
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The sack of Constantinople occurred in April 1204 and marked the culmination of the Fourth Crusade. Crusaders sacked and destroyed most of Constantinople...
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Nika riots (redirect from Nika revolt of 532)
Nika sedition took place against Byzantine emperor Justinian I in Constantinople over the course of a week in 532 AD. They are often regarded as the most...
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Macedonian dynasty (section List of rulers)
as everyone believed, but descendants of the Arsacid (Arshakuni) kings of Armenia, Alexander the Great and also of Constantine the Great. Some Persian writers...
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The Empire of Nicaea (Greek: Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων), also known as the Nicene Empire, was the largest of the three Byzantine Greek rump states founded by the...
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