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Justinian I

[ juh-stin-ee-uhn ]

noun

  1. Flavius Anicius JustinianusJustinian the Great, a.d. 483–565, Byzantine emperor 527–565.


Justinian I

/ dʒʌˈstɪnɪən /

noun

  1. Justinian I483565MByzantinePOLITICS: hereditary ruler called the Great ; Latin name Flavius Anicius Justinianus. 483–565 ad , Byzantine emperor (527–565). He recovered North Africa, SE Spain, and Italy, largely owing to the brilliance of generals such as Belisarius. He sponsored the Justinian Code
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Example Sentences

The castle was built by the Romans during the 2nd and 3rd centuries, then strengthened and expanded by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the 6th Century.

From BBC

For example, the sixth-century Roman Emperor Justinian I reportedly died at the age of 83.

From Salon

In 541 C.E., after years of campaigning against Goths and Vandals, Emperor Justinian I had built the eastern Roman Empire into a vast dominion, nearly encircling the Mediterranean Sea.

Built in the sixth century by a Byzantine emperor, Justinian I, Hagia Sophia was for nearly a thousand years the largest church in the world and the center of Christendom.

Hagia Sophia, or the Church of Holy Wisdom, was built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I on the site of an destroyed basilica of the same name.

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