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.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Emperor Justinian I	9
Byzantine emperor Justinian I	2
Justinian the Great	2
Byzantine Emperor Justinian I	1
Flavius Justinianus (Justinian I)	1
Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus	1
Iustinianus I	1
Justinian	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine emperor ⓘ Christian ruler ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Justinian I ⓘ surface form: Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Justinian I ⓘ surface form: Iustinianus I Justinian I ⓘ surface form: Justinian the Great
architecturalPatronage	Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus ⓘ Hagia Sophia ⓘ Basilica of San Vitale ⓘ surface form: San Vitale, Ravenna
birthName	Petrus Sabbatius ⓘ
burialPlace	Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
capitalOfRealm	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
commander	Belisarius ⓘ Narses ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 482 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	565-11-14 ⓘ
dynasty	Justinian dynasty ⓘ Justinian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Justinianic dynasty
era	Byzantine Empire in the 6th century ⓘ
father	Sabbatius ⓘ
givenName	Justinian I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Justinian
knownFor	Justinianic Plague ⓘ surface form: 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 in North Africa ⓘ surface form: Vandalic War
notableWork	Codex Justinianus ⓘ Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ Digest ⓘ Institutes of Justinian ⓘ Novellae Constitutiones ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Dardania ⓘ Tauresium ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
positionHeld	Emperor of the Romans ⓘ surface form: Basileus of the Romans Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Justin I ⓘ
reignEnd	565 ⓘ
reignStart	527 ⓘ
religion	Nicene Christianity ⓘ surface form: Chalcedonian Christianity
spouse	Theodora ⓘ
successor	Justin II ⓘ
uncle	Justin I ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justinian I → alsoKnownAs → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justinian the Great

Justinian I → alsoKnownAs → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus

Justinian I → alsoKnownAs → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iustinianus I

Dorotheus → appointedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Eutychius of Constantinople → appointedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Tribonian → appointedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Fourteen anathemas against the Three Chapters → approvedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Justinian I

Byzantine architecture → associatedWith → Justinian I ⓘ

Pope Vigilius → associatedWith → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Justinian I

Theophilus → associatedWith → Justinian I ⓘ

Fourteen anathemas against the Three Chapters → associatedWithEmperor → Justinian I ⓘ

Justinianic Plague → associatedWithRuler → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Justinian I

Hagia Sophia → builtUnder → Justinian I ⓘ

Church of the Holy Apostles → burialPlaceOf → Justinian I ⓘ

Roman law → codifiedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Justinianic reconquests → commander → Justinian I ⓘ

Body of Civil Law → commissionedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Codex Justinianus → commissionedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Corpus Juris Civilis → commissionedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Digest → commissionedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Institutes → commissionedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Codex Justinianus → compiledUnderReignOf → Justinian I ⓘ

Three Chapters → condemnedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Emperor Justinian I

Eutychius of Constantinople → conflictWith → Justinian I ⓘ

Vandal Kingdom → conqueredBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Basilica Cistern → constructedUnder → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Justinian I

Second Council of Constantinople → convenedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Justinian I

Academy of Athens → dissolvedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)

Theophilus → employer → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Justinian I

Tribonian → employer → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Justinian I

Saint Catherine’s Monastery → foundedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine emperor Justinian I

Justinian I → givenName → Justinian I self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justinian

Commentarius ad Institutiones Justiniani → influencedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Three Chapters controversy → involves → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine emperor Justinian I

Novellae Constitutiones → issuedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justinian the Great

Justinianic reconquests → mainProponent → Justinian I ⓘ

Eutychius of Constantinople → monarchDuringOffice → Justinian I ⓘ

Justinian dynasty → mostProminentRuler → Justinian I ⓘ

Justinian dynasty → namedAfter → Justinian I ⓘ

Justinianic Plague → namedAfter → Justinian I ⓘ

Flavius → notableBearer → Justinian I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flavius Justinianus (Justinian I)

Justinian dynasty → notableMember → Justinian I ⓘ

Byzantine Empire → notableRuler → Justinian I ⓘ

Body of Civil Law → orderedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Corpus Juris Civilis → orderedBy → Justinian I ⓘ

Saint Catherine’s Monastery → patron → Justinian I ⓘ

Vandalic War in North Africa → patron → Justinian I ⓘ

Roman emperors → positionHeldBy → Justinian I ⓘ