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Justinian was one of the first Roman Emperors to be depicted holding the cross-surmounted orb on the obverse of a coin. Emperor Justinian in Council (1886), by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, prior to restoration in 2020 Presentation of the pandects to Emperor Justinian (design for a mural in the Court building in Kassel, 1891) by Hermann Knackfuss
The Justinian dynasty began with the accession of its namesake Justin I to the throne. Justin I was born in a village, Bederiana, in the 450s AD. [1] Like many country youths, he went to Constantinople and enlisted in the army, where, due to his physical abilities, he became a part of the Excubitors, the palace guards. [2]
He also prepared a grain shipment to enter the city when it surrendered. Soon afterward, he proclaimed the capture of Ravenna in the name of the Emperor Justinian. [48] The Goths' offer raised suspicions in Justinian's mind and Belisarius was recalled. [citation needed] He returned home with the Gothic treasure, king and warriors.
Justinian II (Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós; Latin: Iustinianus; 668/69 – 4 November 711), nicknamed "the Slit-Nosed" (Greek: ὁ Ῥινότμητος, romanized: ho Rhīnótmētos), [citation needed] was the last Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian dynasty, reigning from 685 to 695 and again from 705 to 711.
In 525, Justin passed a new law that effectively allowed a member of the senatorial class to marry reformed actresses, paving the way for Justinian to marry Theodora, a former mime actress. In 525, Justin elevated Justinian as caesar. Justin's health began to decline and he formally named Justinian as co-emperor and, on 1 April 527, as his ...
Remains of the Nea. The New Church of the Theotokos, or New Church of the Mother of God, was a Byzantine church erected in Jerusalem by Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565). Like the later Nea Ekklesia (Νέα Ἐκκλησία) in Constantinople, it is sometimes referred to in English as "the Nea" or the "Nea Church".
The Code of Justinian (Latin: Codex Justinianus, Justinianeus [2] or Justiniani) is one part of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman law ordered early in the 6th century AD by Justinian I, who was Eastern Roman emperor in Constantinople. Two other units, the Digest and the Institutes, were created during his reign.
In the Summer of 542, Constantinople was affected by the so-called Plague of Justinian. The emperor Justinian himself caught the plague and there were discussions of an imminent succession. Belisarius and Bouzes, both absent in campaign, reportedly swore to oppose any emperor chosen without their consent. Theodora took offense and had them both ...