Justinian I

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Byzantine emperor Christian ruler Roman emperor

Justinian I was a 6th-century Byzantine emperor renowned for his ambitious reconquest of former Western Roman territories and his comprehensive codification of Roman law, which became the foundation of much of later European legal tradition.

Aliases (8)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine emperor → Christian ruler → Roman emperor →
alsoKnownAs	Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus → Iustinianus I → Justinian the Great →
architecturalPatronage	Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus → Hagia Sophia → San Vitale, Ravenna →
birthName	Petrus Sabbatius →
burialPlace	Church of the Holy Apostles →
capitalOfRealm	Constantinople →
commander	Belisarius → Narses →
countryOfCitizenship	Byzantine Empire →
dateOfBirth	circa 482 →
dateOfDeath	565-11-14 →
dynasty	Justinian dynasty → Justinianic dynasty →
era	Byzantine Empire in the 6th century →
father	Sabbatius →
givenName	Justinian →
knownFor	Justinianic Plague era → codification of Roman law → reconquest of former Western Roman territories → reform of imperial administration → religious policy and church building →
languageSpoken	Greek → Latin →
legalTraditionInfluenced	European legal tradition → civil law →
militaryConflict	Gothic War → Iberian War → Lazic War → Vandalic War →
notableWork	Codex Justinianus → Corpus Juris Civilis → Digest → Institutes of Justinian → Novellae Constitutiones →
placeOfBirth	Dardania → Tauresium →
placeOfDeath	Constantinople →
positionHeld	Basileus of the Romans → Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire →
predecessor	Justin I →
reignEnd	565 →
reignStart	527 →
religion	Chalcedonian Christianity →
spouse	Theodora →
successor	Justin II →
uncle	Justin I →

Referenced by (59)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Body of Civil Law → Codex Justinianus → Corpus Juris Civilis → Digest → Institutes →	commissionedBy
Justinian I ("Justinian the Great") → Justinian I ("Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus") → Justinian I ("Iustinianus I") →	alsoKnownAs
Dorotheus → Eutychius of Constantinople → Tribonian →	appointedBy
Byzantine architecture → Pope Vigilius ("Emperor Justinian I") → Theophilus →	associatedWith
Second Council of Constantinople → Second Council of Constantinople ("Emperor Justinian I") →	convenedBy
Theophilus ("Emperor Justinian I") → Tribonian ("Emperor Justinian I") →	employer
Novellae Constitutiones → Novellae Constitutiones ("Justinian the Great") →	issuedBy
Justinian dynasty → Justinianic Plague →	namedAfter
Body of Civil Law → Corpus Juris Civilis →	orderedBy
Saint Catherine’s Monastery → Vandalic War in North Africa →	patron
Digest → Institutes →	promulgatedBy
Church of the Holy Apostles → Church of the Nativity →	rebuiltBy
Fourteen anathemas against the Three Chapters ("Emperor Justinian I") →	approvedBy
Fourteen anathemas against the Three Chapters →	associatedWithEmperor
Justinianic Plague ("Emperor Justinian I") →	associatedWithRuler
Hagia Sophia →	builtUnder
Church of the Holy Apostles →	burialPlaceOf
Roman law →	codifiedBy
Justinianic reconquests →	commander
Codex Justinianus →	compiledUnderReignOf
Three Chapters ("Byzantine Emperor Justinian I") →	condemnedBy
Eutychius of Constantinople →	conflictWith
Vandal Kingdom →	conqueredBy
Basilica Cistern ("Emperor Justinian I") →	constructedUnder
Academy of Athens (ancient) →	dissolvedBy
Saint Catherine’s Monastery ("Byzantine emperor Justinian I") →	foundedBy
Justinian I ("Justinian") →	givenName
Commentarius ad Institutiones Justiniani →	influencedBy
Three Chapters controversy ("Byzantine emperor Justinian I") →	involves
Justinianic reconquests →	mainProponent
Eutychius of Constantinople →	monarchDuringOffice
Justinian dynasty →	mostProminentRuler
Flavius ("Flavius Justinianus (Justinian I)") →	notableBearer
Justinian dynasty →	notableMember
Byzantine Empire →	notableRuler
Roman emperors →	positionHeldBy
Theodosian Walls →	repairedBy
Vandalic War in North Africa ("Emperor Justinian I") →	rulerDuringConflict
Emperor of the Romans →	significantHolder
Three Chapters controversy ("Emperor Justinian I") →	supportedBy
Tribonian →	underAuthorityOf