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Justinian I (b.483- r.527-d.565): Novel 137,Regulating Church RitualThe concept of a free and independent Church was unacceptable to Justinian. He regarded himself as head of the Church and insisted on his right and duty...

And one of the Jews, seeing these things, approached one of those known to the emperor and said: “These treasures I think it inexpedient to carry into the palace in Byzantium. Indeed, it is...

Procopius: The Reconquest of Africa, 534On the Wars IV.9Justinian’s program of renovatio of the Roman Empire, expressed by his building program, his re-organization of the Law, was perhaps clearest in his wars. Directed ar...