When1: 529
When2: 534
Who: Tribonianus
What: lawyer
Where: Constantinople, Turkey
works\ Body of Civil Law [534: edited Roman-law commentaries]; Institutes [534: Roman-law introduction based on Gaius' opinions, in four books]; Code of Justinian [534: imperial constitution and laws, in 12 books]
Detail: He lived ? to 545 and headed commission of 17 professors of the two official Eastern law schools to edit the many Roman-law commentaries. He was Justinian's quaestor sacri palatii. After five years, with nine others under appointment from Justinian, he codified law [529 to 534], based on Roman law.
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