A. Name and general significance
The Digesta (from digerere, ‘to order’) formed the core of emperor Justinian's legal reforms: after the collection of the Imperial constitutions ( Codex ) in AD 529, the Institutiones followed in 533 as an introductory legal text book with binding legal force, then in the same year came the collection of classical writings of jurists, the Digests, and, finally, in 534 th…