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Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus(Justinian the Great; Justinian I)

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Born: 483 AD
Died: 565 AD, at 82 years of age.

Nationality: Roman
Categories: Emperor

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483 - Born on May 11th in Tauresina, Illyricum. Byzantine emperor, noted for his administrative reorganization of the imperial government.

518 - He became the administrator for Justin, who named Justinian as his successor.

523 - Married to Theodora, a former actress.

527 - On the death of his uncle, he became the Byzantine Emperor.

534 - Noted for his sponsorship of a codification of laws known as the Codex Justinianus.

565 - Died on November 14th in Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey].





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