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Tribonian was a jurist and advisor of the Eastern Roman Empire who, during the reign of the Emperor Justinian I, supervised the revision of the empire's legal code. He was a close friend of Justinian, who appointed him to head the commission that compiled the Codex Justinianus and the Digest, the works that form the Corpus Juris Civilis.

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485 1
Died
542 1
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