Byzantine Roman Law System

Timeline

1. 529–565Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireJustinian commissioned jurists such as Tribonian to systematically organize Roman legal texts; the first edition of the Code was promulgated in 529, and the Digest and Institutes were completed in 533–534, forming an organically unified civil law system.
2. c. 565–600Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireAfter Justinian, successive emperors issued supplementary edicts in the form of Novels; legal education continued at the law school in Constantinople, and Greek-language legal glosses began to spread and be applied in the eastern provinces.
3. c. 601–700Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireAgainst the backdrop of Heraclius's military-fiscal reforms and the loss of provinces, Roman law continued to regulate land, marriage, and church affairs in the remaining core regions, providing a legal basis for eighth-century Greek-language codification reforms such as the Ecloga.