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The reign of Justinian I (or the Great) was one of prosperity. He set out to reconquer lands which the western part of the Roman Empire had lost with the Germanic invasions. He managed to retake North Africa, southern Spain and most of italy. This increased the imperial revenues by some 20%. Justinian used this to undertake many infrastructural projects. He built a dam is southwestern Turkey to prevent floods and the Sangiarius bridge in northwestern Turkey to secure a supply route to the east for the army. He built border fortifications from Africa to the East. Justinian restored towns damaged by an earthquake and built a new city, Justiniana Prima, as the new capital of the province of Illyria. He built a massive granary on an island near Constantinople to make the grain traffic form Egypt more efficient. He also established diplomatic relations with Ethiopia to bypass the land Silk Road through Persia because there were wars with Persia and managed to establish a local production of silk.
Justinian increased trade and prosperity but it has to be noted that this benefitted mostly the wealthy and the well-to-do. The poor jus remained poor.
Justinian's gains in prosperity were wiped out towards the end of his reign by one of the worst plagues in history. Historians have called it the Plague of Justinian.
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∙ 11y agoJustinian's rule is considered as a distinct period in the history of his empire. He wanted to 'reconquer the lands lost by the empire in the west with the Germanic invasions. He succeeded in retaking Italy, Africa, and part of Spain. This gave him control much of the Mediterranean. It also generated revenues which created great prosperity. Justinian also streamlined the bureaucracy and made tax collection more professional and efficient. He also built churches, such as the famous church of San Vitale in imperial Ravenna and the reconstruction of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
This prosperity was one of the main features of his period of rule. However, this was destroyed by a major epidemic of the Bubonic Plague (the Justinian Plague) which decimated the population of the empire, causing economic hardship and weakened the army.
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∙ 13y agoThe Agia Sophia was built.
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