GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which Emperor was responsible for organizing and simplifying old Roman law into a new code?

A	Constantine
B	Diocletian
C	Justinian
D	Xerxes

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Code of Justinian, Latin Codex Justinianus, formally Corpus Juris Civilis (“Body of Civil Law”), collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I from 529 to 565 ce.

Detailed explanation-2: -Justinian I – Emperor who ruled the Eastern Ro-man Empire, or Byzantine Empire, from 527–565 ce and ordered all Roman law compiled into a multi-part work referred to as the compilation of Justinian and later named the Corpus iuris civilis.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Codex Justinianus, or Code of Justinian, was a legal code. It consisted of the various sets of laws and legal interpretations collected and codified by scholars under the direction of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.

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