The author pays attention to the system of criminal liability that is tied to the economic life of Byzantium in the seventh and eighth centuries. We give an overview of criminal offenses, sanctions and indemnity are systematized and tabulated. For any offense to give a brief description of the comment. The paper argues that in this period comes to the abandonment of the principles of Justinian Code and the introduction of draconian new system of punishment that is becoming characteristic of this difficult time in the existence of the Empire.