{"slug": "roman-law", "label": "Roman law", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_law", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162314", "qid": "Q162314", "description": "legal system of ancient Rome and later the Roman and Byzantine Empire", "entries": 12, "years": 12, "span": [-54, 654], "span_label": ["55 BCE", "654 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "justinian-i", "label": "Justinian I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "theodosius-ii", "label": "Theodosius II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jew", "label": "Jew", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ravenna", "label": "Ravenna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ostrogoths", "label": "Ostrogoths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "theodoric-the-great", "label": "Theodoric the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anastasius-i-dicorus", "label": "Anastasius I Dicorus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-rome", "label": "Ancient Rome", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -54, "year_label": "55 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Julius Caesar defeats the Usipetes and the Tencteri, two Germanic tribes who have been driven across the Rhine River by the Suebi. 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All funds raised by Jews to support schools have to be turned over to the state treasury.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333669155#Roman_Empire", "title": "429", "revid": 1333669155, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 438, "year_label": "438 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – The Codex Theodosianus, a collection of edicts of Roman law, is published.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364742803#Byzantium", "title": "438", "revid": 1364742803, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantium"}}, {"year": 497, "year_label": "497 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Anastasius I gives formal recognition to the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great, as his representative (viceroy) in Italy. He sends the imperial standard to Ravenna. 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The \"Lex Romana\" will be the standard for justice in the Visigothic realm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364757912#Europe", "title": "506", "revid": 1364757912, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 529, "year_label": "529 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Emperor Justinian I issues the Codex Justinianus (Code of Civil Laws), reformulating Roman law in an effort to control his unruly people (see 532).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351343002#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "529", "revid": 1351343002, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 530, "year_label": "530 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – Emperor Justinian I selects a second commission to excerpt and codify the writings of the jurists on Roman law. 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