Which aspect of the roman empire continued into the byzantine empire

The empire preserved Roman culture by creating a uniform code of law based on Roman law. These experts dropped outdated laws and rewrote others to make them clearer. The new code was called the Justinian Code. The code included laws on marriage, slavery, property ownership, women’s rights, and criminal justice. Although they spoke Greek, Byzantines thought of themselves as part of the Roman cultural tradition. Byzantine students studied Latin and Greek, and Roman literature and history. In this way, the east preserved Greek and Roman culture. In the former Western Empire, the Germanic peoples blended Roman culture with their own. However, they lost much of the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the Greeks and Romans. So overall your answer would be (Using latin as a primary language.) I think this will help u