justinian : Idioms & Phrases


justinian code

  • noun the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law
    Roman law; jus civile; civil law.
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justinian i

  • noun Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)
    Justinian I; Justinian.
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justinian the great

  • noun Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)
    Justinian I; Justinian.
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