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Fortress of Justinian (Albanian: Kalaja e Justinianit) or simply known as Tirana Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Tiranës) is a castle in Tirana, Albania. Its history dates back before 1300 and is a remnant from the Byzantine-era. The fortress is the place where the main east–west and north–south roads crossed, and formed the heart of Tirana.
Justinian (born 482) and Vigilantia were children of Vigilantia (born c. 455), a sister of Justin I (r. 518–527), founder of the Justinian dynasty.The family originated in Bederiana, near Naissus (modern Niš in Serbia) in Dacia Mediterranea. [2]
Justin reportedly suffered from temporary fits of insanity and was unable to perform his duties as early as the fall of the important fortress of Dara to Khosrau I of the Sassanid Empire in November 573. [4] According to Gregory of Tours, sole power of the Empire at this point was assumed by his wife, Sophia, a niece of Justinian's wife, Theodora.
The fortress contained two gates (north and south), of which the northern gate functioned as the formal entrance to the Peloponnese. [4] In the reign of Justinian, the wall was fortified with additional towers, reaching a total number of 153, [5] with forts at either end and the construction of Justinian's Fortress at Isthmia. The building of ...
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]
Justinian would pay 110 centenaria (11,000 pounds) of gold, ostensibly as a contribution to the defence of the Caucasus passes against the barbarians living beyond, and the base of the dux Mesopotamiae would be withdrawn from the fortress of Dara to the city of Constantina. The two rulers would recognize once again each other as equal and ...
Petra (Greek: Πέτρα) was a fortified town on the eastern Black Sea coast, in Lazica in what is now western Georgia.In the 6th century, under the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, it served as an important Eastern Roman outpost in the Caucasus and, due to its strategic location, became a battleground of the 541–562 Lazic War between Rome and Sasanian Persia (Iran).
Jealous subordinates now contacted Justinian and claimed Belisarius wanted to rebel. [Note 14] Belisarius was presented with a choice by Justinian: he could either continue governing the new territory as its official governor or return to Constantinople and get a triumph. If he wanted to rebel he was sure to choose the governorship, but instead ...