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Also Known As	Romano-Germanic law

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Mosaic portrait of Emperor Justinian I with a jeweled crown and halo, from the 6th-century Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy.

Painting by Jacques-Louis David showing Emperor Napoleon in a military uniform standing in his study at the Tuileries, with a clock, desk, and ornate chair in the background.

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