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How did Justinian make his mark on history?

Retry Correct Incorrect According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the reconstruction of the famous Hagia Sophia cathedral (which is now Turkey’s premiere mosque) that happened under Justinian would influence Byzantine architecture for centuries to come. His reformed legal code that tended to favor restitution over punishment (known as the Corpus of Civil Law or Code of Justinian) would also become foundational for the modern Western legal system.

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Archiv Gerstenberg/ullstein bild via Getty Images

How did Justinian make his mark on history?

• By installing Pope Vigilius as head of the Catholic Church
• Legal reforms and a cathedral that still stands today
• By commissioning expeditions into previous undiscovered lands
• By uniting the Roman Empire one last time from the East