Latin in full Flavius Justinianus, original name Petrus Sabbatius
born: 483, Tauresium, Dardania (probably south of modern Niš, Serbia)
died: Nov. 14, 565, Constantinople.
Byzantine emperor (527–565),
noted for his administrative reorganization of the imperial government and for his sponsorship of a codification of laws known as the Codex Justinianus (534),
Liberator and re-conqueror of Italy, Northoern Africa and Iberia (army under the command of his general Velisar). |