Justinian and biography
Justinian and biography
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Justinian I
Roman emperor from 527 to 565 AD
"Justinian" redirects here. For the later emperor also called Justinian, see Justinian II. For his uncle and adoptive father, see Justin I.
Justinian I (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.
His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized renovatio imperii, or "restoration of the Empire".[5] This ambition was expressed by the partial recovery of the territories of the defunct Western Roman Empire.[6] His general, Belisarius, swiftly conquered the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa.
Subsequently, Belisarius, Narses, and other generals conquered the Ostrogothic Kingdom, restori