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Justinian I (/ dʒ ʌ ˈ s t ɪ n i ə n / just-IN-ee-ən; Latin: Iūstīniānus, Classical Latin pronunciation: [juːstiːniˈaːnʊs]; Ancient Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós, Byzantine Greek pronunciation: [i.ustini.aˈnos]; 482 – 14 November 565), [b] also known as Justinian the Great, [c] was the Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
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 ...
Bahasa Indonesia; Italiano; ... Generals of Justinian I (1 C, 51 P) H. Hagia Sophia (1 C, 48 P) Historians of Justinian I (9 P) M. Ministers of Justinian I (10 P) W.
The Column of Justinian was a Roman triumphal column erected in Constantinople by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in honour of his victories in 543. [1] It stood in the western side of the great square of the Augustaeum , between the Hagia Sophia and the Great Palace , and survived until 1509, its demolition by the Great earthquake of ...
The Corpus Juris (or Iuris) Civilis ("Body of Civil Law") is the modern name [1] for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, enacted from 529 to 534 by order of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. It is also sometimes referred to metonymically after one of its parts, the Code of Justinian.
His reign was noteworthy for the kingdom's excellent relations with the Byzantine Empire ruled by Emperor Justinian I. [1] Procopius writes that he was "a very particular friend and guest-friend of Justinian, who had not yet come to the throne", [3] noting that Hilderic and Justinian exchanged large presents of money to each other. Hilderic ...
Justinian continued to legislate after he created the second edition of the Code. Thus, in his pragmatic sanction of 554 ( Sanctio pragmatica pro petitione Vigilii ), [ 5 ] he foresaw that he would need to maintain a collection of these new constitutions modifying the Code ( novellae constitutiones, quae post nostri codicis confectionem ).
[1] [2] The Augustaion was rebuilt in 459 under Emperor Leo I (r. 457–474), and again in the 530s, after being destroyed in the Nika riot, by Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565). In its original form, the square was open to the public and functioned as the city's food market ( agora ), but after Justinian's reconstruction, it became more of an ...