Code of Justinian
Roman law compiled — the bedrock of Europe's legal systems
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Byzantine Emperor Justinian I had a commission led by Tribonian codify centuries of Roman law. Rediscovered in Bologna in the late 11th century, the Corpus Juris Civilis became the foundation of civil law across continental Europe.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 536 Volcanic winter of 536 — 7 years later
- 537 Hagia Sophia consecrated — 8 years later
- 541–549 Plague of Justinian — 12 years later
Alive at the time
- Justinian I (aged 47)
- Aryabhata (aged 53)
- Theodora (aged 29)
- Khosrow I (aged 28)