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In 528 AD, Emperor Justinian inherited a Roman legal system drowning in centuries of accumulated laws, conflicting edicts, and contradictory jurisprudence. His solution was radical: commission the Corpus Juris Civilis, a comprehensive codification and streamlining of Roman law across all provinces. Over 14 months, Justinian's commission reduced approximately 3 million lines of legal text to just 150,000, laying the foundation for the Western legal canon.
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