Bas-relief plaque of Tribonian in the Chamber of the United States House of Representatives in the United States Capitol.
Born
c. 485
Side (modern-day Side, Antalya, Turkey)
Died
542 (aged 57)
Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Occupation(s)
jurist and advisor
Years active
529-542
Known for
supervised the revision of the legal code of the Byzantine Empire into the Code of Justinian.
Tribonian (Greek: Τριβωνιανός [trivonia'nos], c. 485?–542) was a Byzantine jurist and advisor. During the reign of the Emperor Justinian I, he supervised the revision of the legal code of the Byzantine Empire.[1] He has been described as one of the wisest collaborators of Justinian.[2]
Tribonian was a Greek from Cyme, who studied law in Constantinople, where he became the most renowned legal scholar of his day. He was a close friend of Emperor Justinian, who appointed him to head the commission that compiled the Codex Justinianus and the Digest. Justinian also appointed Tribonian to high offices in the imperial administration, such as magister officiorum and quaestor sacri palatii', but at the beginning of the Nika riots he was forced to dismiss him on charges made by his enemies.[3] Tribonian died in 542 of a disease, perhaps the plague.[4]
^Roman Jurisprudence Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine.
^Laskarēs, Ēlias (1990). Βυζαντινοί αυτοκράτορες: 306-610 μ.Χ. (από το Μέγα Κωνσταντίνο μέχρι και το Φωκά) (in Greek). Vyzantis. p. 67. ISBN 978-960-85091-0-8. ΤΡΙΒΩΝΙΑΝΟΣ : Ήταν ο σοφότερος από τους συνεργάτες του Ιουστινιανού . Ήταν ειδωλολάτρης Έλληνας από την Παμφυλία
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