House of Justinian

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The House of Justinian was the ruling imperial family of the Byzantine Empire during the 6th century, most notably associated with Emperor Justinian I and his extensive legal, military, and architectural reforms.

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House of Justinian canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine ruling house
imperial dynasty
associatedEvent Justinianic Plague
Nika riots
associatedWith Justinian dynasty
surface form: Justinianic dynasty
associatedWithGeneral Belisarius
Narses
associatedWork Corpus Juris Civilis
capital Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
country Byzantine Empire
dynasticFounder Justinian I
era Early Byzantine period
Late Antiquity
fieldOfActivity imperial architecture
imperial governance
legal reform
military leadership
floruit 6th century
governmentForm autocracy
imperialTitle Augustus
Basileus
influenced Byzantine law
civil law tradition
medieval European law
knownFor Codex Justinianus
surface form: Justinianic Code

Nika riots suppression
construction of Hagia Sophia
reconquest of former Western Roman territories
language Greek
notableMember St Germanus
surface form: Germanus

Justinian (consul 540)
Justinian (magister militum per Armeniam)
Justinian I
Justinian II
Theodora
Vigilantia
policy imperial legal codification
military expansion
religious centralization
precededBy House of Leo
religion Chalcedonian Christianity
seatOfPower Great Palace of Constantinople
succeededBy Heraclian dynasty
territorialExtent Balkans
Eastern Mediterranean
Italy
North Africa
usedLanguageInAdministration Greek
Latin

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Justinian dynasty dynasticHouse House of Justinian