Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video explores how Roman law became the legal framework of medieval and early modern Europe, and went on to inspire the civil codes used across two-thirds of the globe today.

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:32 The Digest
1:17 Evolution of Roman law
2:23 How the law worked
4:12 Efficacy and complexity
5:26 My Roman calendar
6:21 Roman law in medieval Europe
7:55 National civil codes
8:51 Where Roman law is still used
9:26 The influence of Roman law