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Completion of the Corpus Juris Civilis

Type Event Region Europe Time 529–534

In 534 CE, the Corpus Juris Civilis commissioned by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I was finalized and promulgated at Constantinople, systematizing …

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  1. 529Constantinople · Eastern MediterraneanJustinian I established a codification commission, led by Tribonian and others, to compile imperial edicts of successive emperors and classical juristic writings.
  2. 533Constantinople · Eastern MediterraneanIn 533, the Digest was promulgated on December 16 and the Institutes on November 21 (issued for students, with legal force equal to the Digest from December 30). The second edition of the Codex (Codex repetitae praelectionis) was not promulgated until November 16, 534.
  3. 534Constantinople · Eastern MediterraneanThe second edition of the Codex was promulgated on November 16, 534, replacing the first edition of 529. New edicts issued by Justinian thereafter were later collected as the Novels, rather than being compiled into an official work in a single act in 534. The above parts together form the Corpus Juris Civilis, the empire's official legal system.

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