Question

Byzantine Emperor Justinian's MOST significant political accomplishment was

Answer 1

The correct answer is A) codifying Roman law.

The other options of the question were B) defeating the Roman Empire. C) defeating invaders from the south. D) restoring the empire to its previous size.

Byzantine Emperor Justinian's MOST significant political accomplishment was "codifying Roman law."

We are referring to what was known as the Justinian Code, the set of regulations that ruled all facets of the Roman Empire. This series of laws were written from 529 to 534 BCE and included the enactments of the Emperor and comments of Roman Jurists. The Justinian Code ruled the Empire and represented an influence of modern legislative systems in the western world.

Answer 2

Justinian's most important accomplishment was to order a review of the Roman law. This led to the publication of the Corpus Juris Civilis which was soon to be the most definitive codification of Roman Law.