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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    "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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    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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    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 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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    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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  • 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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    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 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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    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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