One greatest Justinian’s achievement wa preserving the Roman law. While Justinian was a Consul he gathered all Roman laws and political views and put them in a code called Justinian’s Code(Poole 8) . This set of laws supports the idea that all people should be equal in the eyes of law (Poole 11). Many countries in the world have used the Justinian code as the basis for their own laws …show more content…
Justinian proved himself to be a great emperor in many military advances through what used to be the Roman empire. Once Justinian captured all of what the old Roman Empire consisted of he began to look towards Persia Stock 12). After many battle Justinian prevailed and Destroyed the persian emperor for the last time.
After The Hagia Sophia was destroyed for the second time Justinian set out to make a new church in Constantinople, This proved that Justinian was a pure and great catholic Emperor Doing this made Justinian look great in the eyes of the common people and the church (Strayer 4). Making the common people happy is crucial to any great emperor and Justinian is no exception. Construction of the Hagia Sophia was a brilliant political move made by Justinian and was crucial to gaining support from the Byzantine