The Byzantine empire also had a strong
influence. The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the
, was based in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople. The relationship between the emperor and the patriarch was often intertwined with
matters, and the Byzantine empire played a major role in the development of Christian theology and doctrine.
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emperor
legal
Justinian’s Code
patriarch
religious
Twelve Tables
The Byzantine empire drew on the long
tradition of the Roman empire. This included the laws and edicts of former Roman emperors as well as laws from the Roman republic, such as the
. One Byzantine
wanted to simplify the laws so he appointed committees to go through the Roman laws and decisions. They produced a unified system of laws known as
.
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