He Couldn’t Stop Himself: The Codex of Justinian • Hacker News Board

Re: He Couldn’t Stop Himself: The Codex of Justinian

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Post by vmh1928 » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 3:50 PM UTC

A follower of the Edward Gibbon school of Byzantine bashing.

" Justinian’s reign destroyed the Roman world." and "his ambitions enfeebled the state he tried to restore and the future he bequeathed to Europe was one of poverty and schism."

Seems like a pretty harsh assessment. Empires acquire territory, that's why they're called empires. If you get kicked out of some place you try to take it back.

  The Eastern Empire continued on for another 900 years or so which is pretty good for a "destroyed" world.  Europe? As in France, Spain, Italy, the British Isles?  Justinian bequeathed poverty and schism to that Europe?

I think it's far more complicated than this article portrays.

Re: He Couldn’t Stop Himself: The Codex of Justinian

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Post by c22 » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 6:10 PM UTC

man-and-laptop wrote: post #10

c22 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The 'web' link worked for me.

This comment comes across as snarky. You should be happy you're behind a computer screen.

I apologize, I did not intend any offense. What wording would you have found more appropriate?

Re: He Couldn’t Stop Himself: The Codex of Justinian

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Post by man-and-laptop » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 7:01 PM UTC

c22 wrote: post #12

man-and-laptop wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment comes across as snarky. You should be happy you're behind a computer screen.

I apologize, I did not intend any offense. What wording would you have found more appropriate?

Apologies, I guess I overreacted. I do that sometimes.

Re: He Couldn’t Stop Himself: The Codex of Justinian

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Post by ggm » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 9:10 PM UTC

man-and-laptop wrote: post #5

Is there any way to actually read this? Pay wall.

outline.com/

Re: He Couldn’t Stop Himself: The Codex of Justinian

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Post by graeme » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 3:06 AM UTC

man-and-laptop wrote: post #13

c22 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I apologize, I did not intend any offense. What wording would you have found more appropriate?

Apologies, I guess I overreacted. I do that sometimes.

The user was referring to a hacker news feature. Under the main link, there is one titled ‘web’ that searches the web for the aeticle. This sometimes bypasses paywalls.

Commenting as I read your other comment; you may have misinterpreted OP m