1) Q: According to the prologue, what was the purpose of creating this code?
A: The purpose of creating this code was to collect and revise the whole body of Roman theory of law, and to assemble in one book the scattered works of so many authors which no one else had ventured to hope for or to expect.
2) Q: What does this text cite as the source of Roman law?
A: The text sites that the Lex Regina, which states that all the rights and power of the Roman people were transferred to the emperor.
3) Q: What, if anything, does this text teach us about Byzantine society?
There are a numerous amount of references to God throughout the prologue, which leads me to believe that people in the Byzantine Empire were very religious. By stating phrases such as "lower animals", it is clear that the Byzantine Empire had distinct social classes. And lastly, the Byzantine's had a very fair justice system in my opinion, because it stated that "civil law: those rules prescribed by natural reason for all men are observed by all people alike, and are called the law of nations".
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