If the compilation had been in Greek instead of Latin it would not have penetrated the West.52 If the Digest had reflected Byzantine conditions, it could never have had almost universal appeal. If the Byzantine God had been prominent the codification would have had problems in the Age of Reason, and would not have survived the French Revolution into the code civil, the most influential modern codification. 52 See Reuven Yaron. ‘The Competitive Coexistence of Latin and Greek in the Roman Empire,’ Collatio Iuris Romani, 2, pp. 657 ff.
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