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Justinian I
Justinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized renovatio imperii. This ambition was expressed by the partial recovery of the territories of the defunct Western Roman Empire.
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politics · Roman emperor from 527 to 565 · legislator · politician · emperor · writer · also Justinian I, Imperator Caesar Flavius Iustinianus Alamannicus Gothicus Francicus Germanicus Anticus Alanicus Vandalicus Africanus pius felix inclitus victor ac triumphator semper Augustus, Ioustinianos I, Justinian the Great, Iustinianus I, Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus
Born 11 May 0482 · Died 14 November 0565 · Q41866
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2026· 3 entries
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Georgia Today: Silver coin of Byzantine emperor Justinian I discovered at Gonio-Apsaros
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2025· 2 entries
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Today in History—December 30: Justinian I’s Meticulous Code
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Archaeology News Online Magazine: Rare mosaic inscription of Emperor Justinian I found in Ulpiana, Kosovo
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2011· 1 entry
Medievalists.net: Belisarius may be this bearded figure on the right of Emperor Justinian I in the mosaic in the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, which celebrates the reconquest of Italy by the Byzantine army under the skillful leadership of Belisarius
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0565· 1 entry
Died 0565-11-14.
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0527· 1 entry
Career landmark: Byzantine emperor (0527–0565).
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0482· 1 entry
Born 0482-05-11.
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