Cyrillus,
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jurist of the 5th century, was a professor in the ancient
Law School of Berytus
The law school of Berytus (also known as the law school of Beirut) was a center for the study of Roman law in classical antiquity located in Berytus (modern-day Beirut, Lebanon). It flourished under the patronage of the Roman emperors and functi ...
(present-day
Beirut
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), and one of the founders of the oecumenical school of jurists (τῆς οἰκουμένης διδάσκαλοι). This school preceded the succession of
Anastasius to the
Eastern empire (AD 491), and paved the way for
Justinian
Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565.
His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovat ...
's
legislation
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.
His reputation as a teacher of
law
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was great; and from the fragments of his works which have been preserved it may be inferred that his merit as a teacher consisted in his direct use of ancient sources of law, and in interpreting the best writers, such as the commentary of
Ulpian
Ulpian (; la, Gnaeus Domitius Annius Ulpianus; c. 170223? 228?) was a Roman jurist born in Tyre. He was considered one of the great legal authorities of his time and was one of the five jurists upon whom decisions were to be based according to ...
on the edict and the ''Responsa Papiniani''.
He wrote a treatise on definitions (υπομνημα των δεφινιτων), in which, according to a statement of his contemporary
Patricius, the subject of contracts was treated with great precision, and which supplied the materials for many important ''scholia'' appended to the first and second titles of the eleventh book of the ''
Basilica
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''. He is generally styled "the great" to distinguish him from a more modern jurist of the same name, who lived after the reign of
Justinian
Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565.
His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovat ...
, and who compiled an epitome of the ''Digest''.
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