Many historians compare Hadrian to the divine Augustus, in his manner of modesty, honesty, and a patron of most arts. ... Hadrian gained much favor by dissolving all debts owed to the government on his crowning and providing them with buildings and roads, without increased tax. Hadrian's profitable political tactics also led him to change Roman law. He authorized a reform of Roman law and appointed a distinguished jurist to institute a permanent code by which all magistrates had to abide. Previous to this, the law had been in the hands of the praetors, his reform meant that the law was no...

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Emperor Justinian I, sometimes known as "Justinian the Great" or by his Latin name Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustiniaus Augustus, was a Byzantine (East Roman) emperor from 525-565. He was a brilliant emperor who when his reign began, territories that had once belonged to the Roman Empire were lost and he is now remembered today as one of the last true Roman emperor by historians because of his military campaigns that sought to bring these historically Roman territories back under the rule of the Empire. He was also known as the last roman emperor who spoke Latin as a first language a...

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Einhard and Becher both underplay the role of the church during the Saxon Wars; instead they view it as a tool of government by which to claim booty. ... As Becher suggests, it was rather the intention to subjugate them at any cost using Christianity as a tool of government, which can be further supported by Schubert. At a great ceremony in Rome on Christmas Day 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charles as Emperor and Augustus, Emperor of the Romans. ... On the other hand, the program of religious reform and expansion of Christian culture was part of an overall strategy of Carolingian rule. . ...

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