JUSTINIANO

JUSTINIANO

Was emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from the August 1 527 until his death. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the ancient grandeur of the classical Roman Empire, regaining the lost territories of the Western Roman Empire.

One of the most important personalities of late antiquity and the last emperor who used Latin as their mother tongue, one the government of Justinian marks a milestone in the history of the Eastern Roman Empire. The impact of his administration extended far beyond the borders of their time and their domains. His reign is marked by the ambitious but partial renovatio Romanorum imperii, or "restoration of the empire". Because restoration policies empire, Justinian has sometimes been dubbed the "last of the Romans " by historians moderna.3 This ambition resulted in the recovery of the territories of the former Western Roman Empire . His general Belisarius led to rapid conquest of the kingdom of the Vandals in North Africa , and later Belisarius himself , along with Narses , and other generals conquered the Ostrogothic kingdom of Italy, restored after half century barbarian control territories Dalmatia, Sicily and the Italian peninsula, including the city of Rome, in the territory of the empire.

For its part, the praetorian prefect Liberius reclaimed most of southern Iberia , establishing the province of Spania . These campaigns re-established control of the empire over western Mediterranean , increasing annual revenue by more than a million strong per year.4 During his reign , Justinian conquered the Tzani , a village in the eastern Black Sea coast than ever before had been under control romano.

Another of his most impressive legacies was The call stack uniform of Roman law in the work of the Corpus Juris Civilis, which is still the basis of civil law in many modern states. This work was done mostly by the quaestor Triboniano. His reign also marked a high point in Byzantine culture, and his building program gave as artworks fruits such as Hagia Sophia, which is the center of the Orthodox Church for many centuries.

Justinian achieved great fame because of its legislative reforms, and especially following the review and compilation of all law romano.54 Starting from the premise that the existence of a political community was based on the arms and laws, Justinian paid special attention to legislation and passed to posterity as the inspiration for the Corpus iuris civilis . The intent of this code was to collect a series of Roman jurisdiction laws and harmonize best with the Christian in order to create a homogenous empire . His thoughts circled , throughout his work as Emperor , on the idea of imperial power sustained by divine grace , is to say that the emperor was the representative of God on Earth.

The monumental compilation of Roman law made at the beginning of the reign of the Emperor ( years 528-534 ) concludes predominantly Latino

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