Justinian:
Emperor, Soldier, Saint
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definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian
Justinian
is a radical reassessment of an emperor and his times. In the sixth
century CE, the emperor Justinian presided over nearly four decades
of remarkable change, in an era of geopolitical threats, climate
change, and plague. From the eastern Roman—or Byzantine—capital
of Constantinople, Justinian’s armies reconquered lost territory in
Africa, Italy, and Spain. But these military exploits, historian
Peter Sarris shows, were just one part of a larger program of
imperial renewal. From his dramatic overhaul of Roman law, to his
lavish building projects, to his fierce persecution of dissenters
from Orthodox Christianity, Justinian’s vigorous statecraft—and
his energetic efforts at self-glorification—not only set the course
of Byzantium but also laid the foundations for the world of the
Middle Ages.
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