Justinian the great

It is often said that ‘behind every great man is an even greater woman’. Justinian I was one of the most powerful emperors of the Byzantine Empire. During his reign, he sought to revive the empire’s past glory, and was rather successful, as much of the lands once under Western Roman rule, including Italy and North Africa, came under Byzantine control.

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29.12.2012: The Virgin Mary between Justinian and Constantine. Constantine is presenting the city of Constantinople to the Virgin and Justinian is presenting a model of the new Hagia Sophia, 10th cent. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

Justinian I statue Monument of Iustinianus I, Skopje

JUSTINIAN I “THE GREAT”, EASTERN ROMAN EMPEROR from 527 to 565. Justinian was born in 482, only six years after the deposition of the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, by the barbarian warlord Odoacer (476), the event that historians have traditionally considered as the end of the Western Roman Empire. Justinian grew up in a time when Western Europe and Northwest Africa were ruled by Germanic kingdoms. During his long reign, Justinian, with his general Flavius Belisarius…

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Flavius Belisarius was a Byzantine general who lived during the 6th century AD. He is often regarded as one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire. Additionally, he is one of the candidates for the title ‘Last of the Romans’, i.e. the last individual who embodied the best values of the Roman Empire.

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