<u><em>Emperor Justinian</em></u><u><em>, I was a </em></u><u><em>master legislator</em></u><u><em>. He reorganized the administration of the </em></u><u><em>imperial</em></u><u><em> government and outlawed the </em></u><u><em>suffragia</em></u><u><em>, or sale of</em></u><u><em> provincial governorships</em></u><u><em>. He also sponsored the </em></u><u><em>Codex Justinianus</em></u><u><em> (Code of Justinian) and directed the </em></u><u><em>construction</em></u><u><em> of several new </em></u><u><em>cathedrals</em></u><u><em>, including the</em></u><u><em> Hagia Sophia</em></u><u><em>.</em></u>
