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

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.

Digest → promulgatedBy → Justinian I ⓘ
Institutes → promulgatedBy → Justinian I ⓘ
Church of the Nativity → rebuiltBy → Justinian I ⓘ
Theodosian Walls → repairedBy → Justinian I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor Justinian I
this entity surface form: Emperor Justinian I
Tribonian → underAuthorityOf → Justinian I ⓘ