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 | The Western Roman Empire had fallen to invasion and Goth rule, it was reconquered by the Byzantine in the 6th century under Justinian I | |
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| This was a temporary conquest, the West would again fade away, The Roman Empire in the East was influenced by the Greeks in the center of Constantinople | |
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| Justinian I accomplishments |
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| Justinian I had several withdrawal and expansion periods of the Byzantine Empire | |
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| Justinian created a greater civil code called "the Code of Justinian" | |
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| The Code of Justinian set the standard for most modern state legal systems | |
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| common civil law, lasting law making, recording and adherence to judicial examples, and formal training for law students | |
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