| AdminHistory | Justinian I (Flavius Justinianus, originally called Petrus Sabbatius): born, 483; Byzantine emperor, 527-565; died at Constantinople, 565; noted for his reorganization of imperial government and for sponsoring a codification of laws by committees of jurists, known as the "Codex Justinianus", comprising collections of new and existing laws and legal interpretations, including extracts of the opinions of the great Roman jurists. The code of Justinian consists of four books: (1) Codex Constitutionum; (2) Digesta, or Pandectae; (3) Institutiones; (4) Novellae Constitutiones Post Codicem. |