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Emperor Justinian reconquered many former territories of the Western Roman Empire, including Italia, Dalmatia, Africa, and southern Hispania. In addition to the other conquests, the Empire established a presence in Visigothic Hispania , when the usurper Athanagild requested assistance in his rebellion against King Agila I .
Emperor Justinian is said to have caused panic amongst their members by proposing that they be sent on an expedition. Justinian also raised four "supernumerary" scholae of 2,000 men purely in order to raise money from the sale of the appointments. It seems that this increase was reverted by the same emperor later. [6]
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]
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior co-emperors who never attained the status of sole or senior ruler, as well as of the various usurpers or rebels who ...
JUSTINIAN: Sabbatius: Vigilantia: Justin I 450–527 r. 518–527: Lupicinia Euphemia: Vigilantia (adopted) Justinian I 482–565 r. 527–565: Theodora I adviser 527–548: Justin II 520–578 r. 565–578 (adopted) Tiberius II 535–582 r. 574–582: Paul: Constantina 560–605: Maurice 539–602 r. 582–602: Phocas r. 602–610: Heraclius ...
Justinian died in 565; his reign was more successful than any other Byzantine emperor, yet he left his empire under serious strain. [43] Financially and territorially overextended, Justin II (r. 565–578) was soon at war on many fronts. Fearing the aggressive Avars, the Lombards conquered much of northern Italy by 572. [44]
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.
It represents the emperor as triumphant victor. It is generally dated from the first half of the 6th century and is attributed to an imperial workshop in Constantinople, while the emperor is usually identified as Justinian, or possibly Anastasius I or Zeno. It is a notable historical document because it is linked to queen Brunhilda of Austrasia.