99 JUSTINIAN I (483-565)

The Emperor Justinian is renowned for the great codification of Roman law that was carried out during his reign. The Code of Justinian preserved the product of Rome's creative genius in jurisprudence, and it later formed the basis for the development of the law in many European...

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100 Mahavira

Mahavira (which means "great hero") is the name by which the Jains usually refer to Vardhamana, the leading figure in the development of their religion.Vardhamana was born in 599 B.C., in northeast India, the same general area in which Gautama Buddha was born, though a generation...

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