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Justin I
Coin of Justin I.
Justin I (©!!)
 Justinus: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (518-527).

Names:

  • c.450: Justinus
  • 10 July 518: recognized as emperor
  • 1 August 527: natural death
Successor of: Anastasius I

Relatives:

  • married to: Luppicina (throne name Euphemia)
Main deeds:
  • 518 Succeeded Anastasius I, who died without son; recognized by army and Senate; crowned by patriarch
  • Reign coincides with that of the Sasanian king Kavad I
  • Active policy against monophysitism
  • 519 Consul (with Flavius Eutharicus Cillica) 
  • 524 Consul II (with Venantius Opilio) 
  • 525 Death of Theodoric
  • 526 War breaks out with the Sasanian Empire ("Iberian War")
  • 527 Succeeded by his relative Justinian
Buildings: St. Polyeuktos

Contemporary events:

  • 524 Theodoric orders the execution of Boethius
Succeeded by: Justinian

According to the Secret History of Procopius, Justin was illiterate.
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