Byzantine emperor Justin I

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Byzantine emperor Justin I was a 6th-century ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire who rose from humble peasant origins and military service to become the founder of the Justinian dynasty.

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Label Occurrences
Byzantine emperor Justin I canonical 2
Emperor Justin I 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor
Eastern Roman emperor
human
adoptiveChild Justinian I NERFINISHED
birthName Flavius Iustinus NERFINISHED
burialPlace Church of the Holy Apostles NERFINISHED
capitalOfHisEmpire Constantinople NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 6th century
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth c. 450
dateOfDeath 1 August 527
dynasty Justinian dynasty NERFINISHED
era Late Antiquity
ethnicGroup Illyrian NERFINISHED
founded Justinian dynasty NERFINISHED
givenName Justin NERFINISHED
languageUsed Greek
Latin
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOf Eastern Roman army NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Excubitors NERFINISHED
militaryRank comes excubitorum NERFINISHED
motherTongue Latin
notableFor founding the Justinian dynasty
restoring Chalcedonian orthodoxy in the empire
rise from peasant origins to the imperial throne
occupation emperor
soldier
placeOfBirth Bederiana NERFINISHED
Dardania NERFINISHED
Illyricum NERFINISHED
near Scupi
placeOfDeath Constantinople NERFINISHED
positionHeld Byzantine emperor
Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
predecessor Anastasius I Dicorus NERFINISHED
regnalTitle Imperator Caesar Flavius Iustinus Augustus NERFINISHED
reignEnd 527
reignStart 518
relative Justinian I NERFINISHED
religion Chalcedonian Christianity NERFINISHED
Nicene Christianity NERFINISHED
residence Constantinople NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
socialOrigin peasant
spouse Euphemia NERFINISHED
successor Justinian I NERFINISHED

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Input
Subject: Byzantine emperor Justin I
Description of subject: Byzantine emperor Justin I was a 6th-century ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire who rose from humble peasant origins and military service to become the founder of the Justinian dynasty.

Referenced by (3)

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

City of Niš birthplaceOf Byzantine emperor Justin I
Saint Severus of Antioch exiledBy Byzantine emperor Justin I
this entity surface form: Emperor Justin I
526 Antioch earthquake occurredDuringReignOf Byzantine emperor Justin I