Justinian dynasty

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Byzantine imperial dynasty

The Justinian dynasty was a ruling family of the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century, best known for Emperor Justinian I, who oversaw major territorial reconquests, legal codification, and architectural achievements like the Hagia Sophia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Justinianic dynasty	1
Justinianic era	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine imperial dynasty ⓘ
architecturalAchievement	Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus ⓘ Hagia Sophia ⓘ
capital	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
conflict	Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 Gothic War ⓘ Lazic War ⓘ Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ surface form: Vandalic War
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dynasticHouse	House of Justinian ⓘ
endTime	602 ⓘ
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ
founder	Justin I ⓘ
governmentForm	autocratic monarchy ⓘ
hasPart	reign of Justin I ⓘ reign of Justin II ⓘ reign of Justinian I ⓘ reign of Maurice ⓘ reign of Tiberius II Constantine ⓘ
historicalRegion	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
knownFor	administrative and fiscal reforms ⓘ codification of Roman law ⓘ construction of Hagia Sophia ⓘ religious policy in support of Chalcedonian orthodoxy ⓘ territorial reconquests in the Western Mediterranean ⓘ wars against the Sassanian Empire ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
legalContribution	Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
mostProminentRuler	Justinian I ⓘ
namedAfter	Justinian I ⓘ
notableEvent	Justinianic Plague ⓘ Nika riots ⓘ
notableMember	Justin I ⓘ Justin II ⓘ Justinian I ⓘ Maurice ⓘ Sophia ⓘ Theodora ⓘ Tiberius II Constantine ⓘ
predecessor	Leonid dynasty ⓘ
religion	Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ
startTime	518 ⓘ
successor	Heraclian dynasty ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Italy ⓘ North Africa ⓘ southern Hispania ⓘ
timePeriod	6th century ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Byzantine Empire → dynasty → Justinian dynasty ⓘ

Justinian I → dynasty → Justinian dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justinianic dynasty

Eutychius of Constantinople → era → Justinian dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justinianic era

Heraclian dynasty → follows → Justinian dynasty ⓘ

Heraclian dynasty → replaces → Justinian dynasty ⓘ