In 438 AD, Theodosius II published an updated collection of all laws in the eastern half of the Roman Empire. With the western half of the Roman Empire falling by 476 AD, what might have been the impact of a legal code on the Byzantine Empire? A) The Eastern and Western Roman Empires used the codified legal system to benefit all of society. B) The Eastern Roman Empire had a common, and updated, legal system when challenges arose. C) The needs of the lowest classes of people were not addressed in the legal code. D) The legal code applied only to landowners, so the effects were minimal.