Justinian I

Theodora was of humble origins. Her father was the trainer of one of the factions which competed in the chariot races. He died when she was a child. In her early years Theodora was an actress. Serious comedy and were the preserve of men. Female actors performed in plays which involved indecent exhibitions. They also provided sexual favour off stage. At the age of 16 went to Cyrenaica (in Eastern Libya) and stayed there for four years because she was the companion of Hecebolus who was appointed governor there. She was abandoned by Hecebolus on the way back to Constantinople. She spent some time at Alexandria of Egypt, where she was said to have converted to the Miaphysite Christian doctrine. She then went to Antioch (in Syria) and then returned to Constantinople. There she become a wool spinner in a palce near the imperial palace.

This one is wrong! --> Because Justinian was a tyrant who persecuted his enemies.

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Justinian's major achievements were: 1) the (temporary) reconquest of territories lost by the western part of the Roman Empire when it fell; 2) laws which redefined, protected and strengthened the Orthodox Church; 3) the commissioning of the Corpus Juris Civilis (also dubbed Justinian Code); 4) important public works. His reign is seen by historians as a distinct period of Byzantine history. It was a period of conquest, great prosperity, important public works, administrative and religious reforms and imperial unity.

Justinian I wanted to 'restore' the Roman Empire by reconquering the lands lost by the western part of the Roman Empire as a result of the Germanic invasions. He succeeded in defeating the Vandals in north-western Africa, retaking this area, the Ostrogoths, retaking Italy, Sicily and Dalmatia (on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea) and the Visigoths, retaking southern Spain. This was a major achievement and gave him control of the western Mediterranean. Although the war in Italy was very costly, the conquests generated a large state revenues the ( they increased by 20%) helped him with an ambitious programme of church building and public works.

Justinian I was one of the most important emperors in the history the Orthodox Church, the official church of the empire. He was described as a nursing father of the church. He put the church on a more solid footing and redefined its structure. He wanted to protect its purity and persecuted dissident Christian sects. He secured the rights of the church and the clergy and protected and expanded the monastic orders. He granted the monks the right to inherit property from private individuals and to receive annual gifts for the state and banned the confiscation of monastic property. He gave the canons of the church legal force and issued laws regarding the administration of church property, the elections, rights and obligations of the clergy, the conduct of service and episcopal jurisdiction.

Justinian rebuilt the badly damaged Church of the Holy Apostles and the famous Hagia Sophia church in Constantinople. He built the church of San Vitale in Ravenna (the centre of Byzantine rule in Italy). He built underground cisterns to secure the water supply for Constantinople, including the massive Basilica Cistern (453x 212 feet and 30 ft. high). He built a dam is south-western Turkey to prevent floods and the Sangiarius bridge in north-western 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 I commissioned the Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law) which was dubbed Justinian code in the 16th century. It was a review of imperial laws going back 400 years (to the time of Hadrian). It scrapped obsolete or unnecessary laws, made changes when necessary and clarified obscure passages. Its aim was to put the laws into books (previously they were written on many different scrolls), harmonise conflicting views among jurists which arose from centuries of poorly organised development of Roman law and have a uniform and coherent body of law. It also included the Institutiones (a textbook for first year law students), the Digesta (a collection of fragments taken from essays on laws written by jurists, which was used as an advanced law student textbook) and the Novellae Constitutiones (a collection of the laws issued by Justinian).

Justinian I also undertook measures to tackle corruption in the provinces and made tax collection more efficient by increasing its professionalization. Justinian's rule was quite despotic. He regulated everything in administration, law and religion tightly. It was said that the church could do nothing contrary to his will. He started the byzantine tradition of the emperor being in charge of the church.

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Justinian I (or the great) did not want to reconquer anything with his enemies. That would have been a contradiction in terms. Justinian I carried out his reconquests exclusively with his imperial army.

Justinian I wanted to 'restore' the Roman Empire by reconquering the lands lost by the western part of the Roman Empire as a result of the Germanic invasions.

Justinian's army defeated the Vandals in Africa (Vandalic War, 533-534) retaking the area of the Vandalic kingdom (northern Tunisia and eastern Algeria). Then it had to fight a rebellion by the local Berbers until 548 to take southern Tunisia and western Libya. Justinian wanted to restore Africa as it had been under the Romans. The religion of the Vandals, Arian Christianity, was persecuted. Many Vandals fled Africa and some went west, to Algeria, and integrated with the local Berbers. The remaining Vandals were shipped to the east and enlisted in the imperial army. The Vandal ethnic group disappeared.

Justinian I attacked the Ostrogoths in Italy, starting the Gothic War (535-54) which he won. However, this was a highly costly victory. Nineteen years of fierce fighting left some areas of northern Italy devastated and depopulated. The war depleted the resources of the empire. This and the impoverishment of Italy made it impossible for the Byzantines to oppose the invasion of northern Italy by the Lombards fifteen year later (569-72). The Lombards also took over areas of central and southern Italy. The remaining Byzantine possessions in Italy were in part of central Italy and in Apulia, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica.

Justinian managed to retake most of southern Spain along from the Visigoths on 559. The Visigoths retook this area in 624.

Justinian's marriage to Theodora significantly influenced his reign by providing him with a strong political ally and advisor. Theodora, a former actress, brought a unique perspective to governance and championed women's rights, which helped reform laws concerning marriage and divorce. Her intelligence and assertiveness enabled her to play a prominent role in state affairs, ensuring that Justinian's policies aligned with their shared vision for the empire. Together, they strengthened the Byzantine Empire's internal cohesion and expanded its cultural and political influence.

When Justinian I became emperor in 527, he aimed to restore the Roman Empire's former glory, reform legal codes, and promote Christianity. He sought to reconquer lost territories in the West, notably parts of Italy and North Africa. Additionally, he commissioned the creation of the Corpus Juris Civilis, a comprehensive codification of Roman law. His reign also emphasized the construction of magnificent churches, including the Hagia Sophia, to strengthen the Christian faith.

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1. War broke out because of the fighting that the chariot races were causing 2. Justinian stop the war 3/ The town was in ruins 4. Justinian rebuilt the city 5. Justinian regained land 6. Made a systematic body of laws

The Emperor Justinian is best known in the art appreciation sense for the beautiful mosaics in the church of Hagia Sophia (532–7) in Constantinople.

It made Roman civil law the civil law of, or the foundation of civil law in most western countries. It was not a code of laws and was not called Justinian code either. It was called Corpus Iuris Civilis (body of civil laws) and a collection of books (codex meant book, not code) with a massive compendium of Roman laws since tie times of Hadrian, a collection of assays and a student textbook.

The Body of Civil Law.

The mosaics of Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora are an important part of Basilica of San Vitale. These mosaics are made of small pieces of colored glass and stones.

The history behind how they met is still unclear, but they were linked by their love for the Blues.

it is not known who rediscovered the Corpus Juris Civilis, also dubbed as Justinian Code. It is known that it was rediscovered in a library in Pisa in 1070.

Bismillah, Al Hamdulilah good question but slight wrong because in the time of Sulaman(Soloman) The jinns who worked for him built the Al Quds Mosque, And if you ever get the opportunity to go there Subhan Allah you will never want to come back home. The Al Quds Mosque is not the one you see with the dome it is actually behind that its just beautiful it has 365 Window which represent the days in a year and 53 door which represent the week of the year and many other things that you would be facinated on seeing Insha Allah make intention, Allah (The most High)Accept us, Ameen.

Her birthday is unknown, but she is a Saint in the Orthodox Church commemorated every November 14.

No, it was the backbone for the alphabet.

Justinian did not adapt Roman law. He, or his legal advisers, consolidated the existing laws. In other words, he put them in order and eliminated the irrelevant ones. Also, Justinian ruled over Romans. His subjects were Romans. The term Byzantine is a tag made up by historians. The people of Justinian's time considered themselves Romans even though they may have lived in the eastern part of the empire.

Justinian did not adapt Roman law. He, or his legal advisers, consolidated the existing laws. In other words, he put them in order and eliminated the irrelevant ones. Also, Justinian ruled over Romans. His subjects were Romans. The term Byzantine is a tag made up by historians. The people of Justinian's time considered themselves Romans even though they may have lived in the eastern part of the empire.

Justinian did not adapt Roman law. He, or his legal advisers, consolidated the existing laws. In other words, he put them in order and eliminated the irrelevant ones. Also, Justinian ruled over Romans. His subjects were Romans. The term Byzantine is a tag made up by historians. The people of Justinian's time considered themselves Romans even though they may have lived in the eastern part of the empire.

Justinian did not adapt Roman law. He, or his legal advisers, consolidated the existing laws. In other words, he put them in order and eliminated the irrelevant ones. Also, Justinian ruled over Romans. His subjects were Romans. The term Byzantine is a tag made up by historians. The people of Justinian's time considered themselves Romans even though they may have lived in the eastern part of the empire.

Justinian did not adapt Roman law. He, or his legal advisers, consolidated the existing laws. In other words, he put them in order and eliminated the irrelevant ones. Also, Justinian ruled over Romans. His subjects were Romans. The term Byzantine is a tag made up by historians. The people of Justinian's time considered themselves Romans even though they may have lived in the eastern part of the empire.

Justinian did not adapt Roman law. He, or his legal advisers, consolidated the existing laws. In other words, he put them in order and eliminated the irrelevant ones. Also, Justinian ruled over Romans. His subjects were Romans. The term Byzantine is a tag made up by historians. The people of Justinian's time considered themselves Romans even though they may have lived in the eastern part of the empire.

Justinian did not adapt Roman law. He, or his legal advisers, consolidated the existing laws. In other words, he put them in order and eliminated the irrelevant ones. Also, Justinian ruled over Romans. His subjects were Romans. The term Byzantine is a tag made up by historians. The people of Justinian's time considered themselves Romans even though they may have lived in the eastern part of the empire.

Justinian did not adapt Roman law. He, or his legal advisers, consolidated the existing laws. In other words, he put them in order and eliminated the irrelevant ones. Also, Justinian ruled over Romans. His subjects were Romans. The term Byzantine is a tag made up by historians. The people of Justinian's time considered themselves Romans even though they may have lived in the eastern part of the empire.

Justinian did not adapt Roman law. He, or his legal advisers, consolidated the existing laws. In other words, he put them in order and eliminated the irrelevant ones. Also, Justinian ruled over Romans. His subjects were Romans. The term Byzantine is a tag made up by historians. The people of Justinian's time considered themselves Romans even though they may have lived in the eastern part of the empire.

Justinian I or the Great was Byzantine Emperor. He sought to restore the empire and recover the lost western empire. His generals defeated the Vandals (and restored Africa), the Ostrogoths (restoring Italy and Dalmatia) and regained most of southern Spain. This increased imperial revenues by 1 million solides, ushering an age of splendour which was ended by a plague (the Plague of Justinian) which took the empire into a period of decline that lasted 400 years. Justinian also started a great building programme and he rebuilt the famous Hagia Sophia. He commissioned the Corpus Iuris Civilis (Body of Civil Law; which was later dubbed the Justinian Code) the largest digest of Roman civil law ever made which gave Roman civil law more uniformity and later provided the foundation of civil laws in many modern countries. His reign is seen as a distinct epoch of the empire of the east.