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Emperor of the Byzantine Empire at its height, Justinian I codified Roman law in the Corpus Juris Civilis, reconquered Italy, North Africa, and southern Spain, ordered the construction of Hagia Sophia, and imposed Chalcedonian orthodoxy.
Political topics
Justinian I leans further toward autocracy than 96% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Representation is where Justinian I stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, Justinian I sits practically at the catalog median.
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Christian theocratist doctrine that subordinates political power to religious authority, holding that divine law and the Church should govern the state and customs, from medieval and papal ultramontanism to modern reconstructionist projects.
Project that seeks to organize state and society according to the strict interpretation of a religious doctrine, subordinating laws, customs, and politics to sacred precepts and rejecting modern secularism.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian21%
The last Holy Roman Emperor and first Emperor of Austria, Francis I founded the Austrian Empire in 1804. Allied with Metternich, he suppressed liberal movements and supported the post-Napoleonic conservative order.
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Heir of the Roman Empire in the East, Byzantium lasted a thousand years fusing Orthodox Christianity, imperial autocracy, and Justinianic law, with the emperor as head of the Church and Constantinople as a Christian capital defending Europe.
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