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Background
Rights of Citizens
Responsibilities of Citizens
Crime and Punishments
Miscellaneous
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How long did it take to make the Justinian Code?
6 Years
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Were women allowed to inherit property?
Yes
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What shouldn't people do to their slaves?
Use unrestrained violence towards them
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When someone killed his slave for no reason, who were they punished equally with?
One who has killed the slave of another
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Are there distinctions among slaves?
No
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Who did Justinian choose to make the code?
A committee of 10 men headed by Tribonian
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Who did the Justinian Code make life easier for?
Powerless groups like women, slaves,and debtors
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How should a man and a woman think of their marriage?
They should understand that matrimony is the binding together of a man and a woman to live together in indivisible union.
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Were lesbians punished for being lesbians?
No
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Can you have more than one spouse?
No, you can only have one at a time.
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Who's teaching did Justinian want the new laws to uphold?
Jesus Christ's
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Which citizens did the code rule were born free?
Persons of ranks or commoners
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What must a man and a woman do before they get married?
Obtain consent from their parents
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How were gay people were punished?
Death after torture, mutilation, and public display
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How old must you be to adopt a child?
18 Years Old
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Why did Justinian want to create the Justinian Code?
He wanted to preserve and organize the Roman laws and to simplify the current legal system
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When could a woman divorce her husband?
If her husband was being unfaithful, if he accused her falsely of adultery, or if he kept her captive
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Who is in a man’s power?
His children, and all of his descendants
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What would happen to a person who sacrificed a Pagan god?
They were killed
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When can a women adopt?
A women can adopt to comfort herself of the loss of her own child
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How many laws were there in the Justinian Code?
4652 Laws
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Why couldn't women adopt children?
They didn't even have the power over their own children
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Why should a man obtain consent before he adopts a grandson to be the son of a man already adopted or of a natural son in his power?
So he doesn't have an heir who, at the death of a person, was under his paternal power given to him against his will.
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Who determined if a person was innocent or guilty and what punishment they were given?
The Ruler
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Who can't you marry even though you have emancipated them?
Adopted daughters or granddaughters