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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]
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 ...
Inland fortress to protect the city El Kef: arguably between 533 and 565 [20] no data available Sitifis: Inland fortress to protect the city Sétif: between 539 and 544 [21] 1,69 ha Suas: Inland fortress in Africa Proconsularis Chaouach: no data available no data available. Sufetula: Inland fortress in the far southwest of the Byzacena: Sbeitla ...
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.
After the Nika riots, Justinian initiated a new building program and reformed the law with the "Code of Justinian". Justinian had inherited a war with Persia from Justin I. Justinian continued the war, succeeding in sending a force all the way down the Euphrates , but the raid stalled, and he lost the beginnings of a new fortress in a defeat.
Only-Begotten Son (Ancient Greek: Ὁ Μονογενὴς Υἱὸς, Russian: Единородный Сыне, Ukrainian: Єдинородний Сине, Old Armenian: Միածին Վորդի), sometimes called "Justinian's Hymn", the "Anthem of Orthodoxy" and/or the "Hymn of the Incarnation", is an ancient Christian hymn that was composed prior to the middle of the 6th century.
A member of the Justinian Dynasty and nephew of Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565), he was appointed as one of the last Roman consuls in 540, before going on to assume senior military commands in the Balkans and in Lazica. He fought against the Slavs, the Sassanid Persians and supervised the Byzantine Empire's first contacts with the Avars.