Basilika

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The Basilika (Greek: (τὰ) Βασιλικά, meaning "(the) imperial (law)") is the name which is used to indicate a code of law issued by the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise. It is an adaptation, written in Greek, of the late classical Justinian code to the conditions of the 9th- and 10th-century Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire. Subdivided into 60 books, the Basilika are a compilation which also includes later laws issued by Leo VI and his predecessor Basil I.

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  • Vasiliev, A. A. History of the Byzantine Empire, 324-1453. Second edition. Madison, 1952 (pp. 342-3)
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