The Justinian Code, officially known as the *Corpus Juris Civilis*, was a monumental collection of Roman laws compiled under the order of Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century CE. It aimed to organize, clarify, and update centuries of Roman legal tradition, becoming the foundational text for civil law systems worldwide. This comprehensive legal work profoundly influenced Western legal thought and governance for over a millennium.
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