Epitome Juliani

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Epitome Juliani is a 6th-century Latin summary of Justinian’s Novellae (new laws), created to provide a concise and accessible version of the emperor’s later legislation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin epitome
legal text
summary of laws
associatedWith Emperor Justinian I
linked to: Justinian I
author Julianus
authorOccupation jurist
basedOn Justinian’s Novellae
linked to: Novellae Justiniani
circulation Western Roman legal tradition
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire
date 6th century
describes new laws (Novellae) of Emperor Justinian I
linked to: Novellae Justiniani
genre epitome
legal compendium
hasPart summaries of individual Novellae
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
influenced medieval Roman law collections
language Latin
legalSystem Justinianic law
linked to: Byzantine law
manuscriptTradition medieval Latin manuscripts
purpose to make Justinian’s Novellae more accessible
to provide a concise version of Justinian’s later legislation
relatedWork Codex Justinianus
Corpus Iuris Civilis
Digest of Justinian
Institutes of Justinian
scholarlyField Byzantine legal history
Roman law studies
subject Justinianic legislation
Roman law
typeOfSummary abridged and reorganized presentation of Novellae
usedIn legal education in Late Antiquity
practice of Roman-Byzantine law

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Novellae compiledIn Epitome Juliani
Novels of Justinian hasPart Latin Epitome Juliani
linked to: Epitome Juliani
The Library (Bibliotheca) of Apollodorus relatedWork Epitome (often transmitted with the Bibliotheca)
linked to: Epitome Juliani