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4 days ago · The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian is intended to be a starting point, not an end point. It does not pretend to cover all aspects of the age and reign of Justinian, but it does endeavor to help readers appreciate the chief historical issues enticing them to further reading and research.
3 days ago · Byzantine Empire under Justinian's uncle Justin I shown in the darker color (orange). The lighter color (gold) shows the conquests of his successor, Justinian I with the Byzantine Empire (about 550) at its greatest extent. In 535, Justinian I attempted to assert control of Italy, resulting in the Gothic War which lasted 20 years.
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1 day ago · Church of Justinian I (current structure) Originally a church, later a mosque, the 6th-century Hagia Sophia (532–537) by Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the Seville Cathedral (1507) in Spain.
1 day ago · Emperor Justinian I (527–565) paid Khosrow I 440,000 pieces of gold as a part of the "eternal peace" treaty of 532. In 540, Khosrow broke the treaty and invaded Syria, sacking Antioch and extorting large sums of money from a number of other cities.
2 days ago · Take the quiz. The meaning of CODE OF JUSTINIAN is the collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I from a.d. 529 to 565. Strictly speaking, the works did not constitute a new legal code.
2 days ago · Definitions of Justinian I noun Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)
