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Emperor Justinian I

Emperor Justinian I. Born in the year A.D. 482 Died in the year A.D. 565. Justinian I Reign. He became emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire in A.D. 527 His goal was to restore the Roman Empire completely. Justinian I. Justinian and Constantinople.

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Emperor Justinian I

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  1. Emperor Justinian I Born in the year A.D. 482 Died in the year A.D. 565

  2. Justinian I Reign • He became emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire in A.D. 527 • His goal was to restore the Roman Empire completely

  3. Justinian I

  4. Justinian and Constantinople • Angry taxpayers threatened Justinian’s government in the city in A.D. 532 • His advisors urged him to leave but his wife, Theodora, persuaded him to stay • Justinian took back control • Defeated the rebels • Last challenge during his reign

  5. Justinian and Theodora

  6. Justinian rebuilt the city after these riots • He built many churches, a hippodrome (horse racing track), a palace for himself, among other architecture • He made sure the cities water supply was abundant by constructing underground reservoirs • Today Constantinople is known as Istanbul, the capital city of Turkey

  7. Constantinople Circa 1890

  8. Istanbul Today

  9. Hagia Sophia • Means “Holy Wisdom” • Completed in A.D. 537 under Justinian’s orders • Seen in the previous two pictures • Was built to symbolize Christianity's importance in the Byzantine Empire • Still stands today as one of the world’s most impressive pieces of architecture

  10. Inside Hagia Sophia

  11. Justinian Code

  12. Justinian’s Code • Also known as Corpus of Civil Law • Written in Latin • Legislation involved material on Religion, Heresy and Paganism • This became the basis for many European legal systems

  13. Justinian’s Code continued • First Code was completed in A.D. 529 • The last Code was written in A.D. 534 • Was made up of the Code, Digest, and the Institutes • Code: Codification of existing Roman lawsDigest: A guide for judges and summary of Common Law • The Institutes: Introduction to law and the Codeintended for law students

  14. Natural Law • "The law of nature is that law which nature teaches to all animals. For this law does not belong exclusively to the human race, but belongs to all animals, whether of the earth, the air, or the water. Hence comes the union of the male and female, which we term matrimony; hence the procreation and bringing up of children. We see, indeed, that all the other animals besides men are considered as having knowledge of this law."

  15. Law of Nations • "[T]he law which natural reason appoints for all mankind obtains equally among all nations, because all nations make use of it."

  16. Civil Law • "The law which a people makes for its own government belongs exclusively to that state and is called the civil law, as being the law of the particular state."

  17. Justinian’s Control • Red is when Justinian came to power in A.D. 527 • Orange is when he died in A.D. 565

  18. Death of Justinian • Justinian Died in A.D. 565 • He and Theodora had no children • He was succeeded by his nephew, Justin II • Justinian was entombed in the Church of the Holy Apostles

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