Justinian had a great number of achievements while leader of the Byzantine Empire, these include: “the re-conquest of lost western provinces of his Empire, the codification of the law, and the building of fortifications and churches” (Nicol, 1991, p. 66). While, Stein (1999) found that: “in his legal work Justinian was fortunate in having a brilliant minister, Tribonian, to execute his plans” (p. 43). Tellegen-Couperus (1993) affirms that “after becoming emperor, Justinian had a three pronged approach to office; one of these parts was to get things organised in the legal field” (Tellegen-Couperus, 1993, p. 140).
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