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Codex Justinianus
The Codex Justinianus is the collection of imperial Roman laws compiled on the orders of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the sixth century CE. It formed one part of the larger Corpus Juris Civilis. It preserved and systematised Roman law within the Byzantine Empire and later influenced European legal systems.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Codex Justinianus. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/codex-justinianus
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