Justin I — ܝܘܣܛܝܢܐ
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Justin I; ܝܘܣܛܝܢܐ; Justinian; Iustinus 4; Iustinā; Iustinus
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/2268
identifier: http://syriaca.org/johnofephesus/persons/2268
identifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_I
identifier: Iustinus 4
Justin, commander of the imperial bodyguard, managed to accede to the imperial throne in the chaotic situation after the death of Anastasius in 518. He was originally from the Illyrian prefecture and many Constantinopolitan aristocrats considered him as an illiterate parvenu. At the start of his reign, he changed the imperial religious policy, restored relations with Rome, declared the council of Chalcedon orthodox, and expelled miaphysite bishops such as Severus of Antioch.
floruit: 518-527
death: 8/10/0527
death: 0527-08-01
male
state: Emperor of Rome
Chronica Minora 9
Cowper, Selections from the Syriac. No. 1: The Chronicle of Edessa 86
Chronica Minora 12
Cowper, Selections from the Syriac. No. 1: The Chronicle of Edessa 98
Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. 2: A.D. 395-527 II 648-51
50; 264 3.1.41; 3.5.14
Iustinus 4 648-651
648-651
50; 264