Byzantine questions, women and Justinian

The Byzantine Empire, much like the rest of the world during its time, was a highly patriarchal society. Women had little to no rights and men dominated society. Their job was to take care of the house and children as well as be subservient to their husbands and other men. We can tell this because, as mentioned before, the Byzantine empire was similar to Rome in it's culture and home life, and we know that Rome was a patriarchal society as well. Also the Justin's code is very biased towards men ands shows the unfairness in the law towards women.

Justin's background is important because it gives a sense of where he is coming from and what might have influenced his decisions as emperor. He was born a pheasant so unlike many other emperors he has the background of what it is like to be the lowest of the low. This would influence his decisions because he is going to attempt to make the lives of the poor better because he has sympathy for them. He was also soldier so he has the strict military lifestyle behind him as well, which might have led to his want for a orderly set of laws to govern the empire