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The '''Justinian Code''' was a series of laws and treaties that was established by the [[Byzantine]] emperor [[Justinian]] in the 6th century to rule his empire. It was so successful that the Byzantines continued to use it for 900 years, and directly influenced the Canon Law of the Church.
The '''Justinian Code''' was a series of laws and treaties that was established by the [[Byzantine]] emperor [[Justinian]] from 529 to 534 to rule his empire. It was so successful that the Byzantines continued to use it for 900 years, and directly influenced the Canon Law of the Church.
It was created by collecting all the known Latin (Christian) Empirical [[code (law)|codes]] of the day, and then reviewing them for appropriateness and logic.
It was created by collecting all the known Latin (Christian) Empirical [[code (law)|codes]] of the day, and then reviewing them for appropriateness and logic.