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I thought we should see the man who was causing such trouble for Justinian I and the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire...
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While the Byzantine Empire under Justinian I and the Sassanids under Khosrow I might have decided to stop fighting on...
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When Justinian I became emperor (527 - 565), he inherited from his uncle the war with the Sassanid Empire to the east...
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One of Emperor Justinian's (527 - 565) goals—and it was personal as well as professional—was reconciling Chalcedonian...
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We've been talking lately about Emperor Justinian I and the Eastern Roman Empire trying to reunite with the Western R...
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Totila's behavior in Rome after the Siege enhanced his reputation. He did not kill very many, and he only destroyed p...
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In 546, Goth King Totila walked into Rome after a year-long siege.The city was nearly empty due to starvation and sui...
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In May 544, General Belisarius and a mere 4000 men were camped along the Adriatic coast, sent by Emperor Justinian I ...
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King Totila of the Ostrogoths, although the enemy and a barbarian, was still recognized by Procopius as an impressive...
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Although the coins later minted during his reign as king of the Osgtrogoths name him Baduila, he has become known as ...
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The Gothic Wars (535 - 554) under Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I were created to reunify the Western Roman Empire ...
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Emperor Justinian's plan to end the Nika Riots involved bribes. One difficulty about the Riots was that two large and...
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Let's look at how Emperor Justinian managed to stop the Nika Riots and save Constantinople. We saw yesterday how the ...
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Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian I (482 - 565) saw a tumultuous week in 532. The catalyst was a...
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People love sports, and people love their sports teams, and rivalries abound. 'Twas ever thus, and Ancient Rome was n...
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Flavius Belisarius (c.500 - March 565) was Byzantine Emperor Justinian's favorite military commander. He successfully...
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Although during the horrific events of the first recorded appearance of the Bubonic Plague during the time of Justini...
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Just because deaths during the Justinian Plague were so numerous that they couldn't dig graves and had to resort to p...
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Sometimes a disaster strikes a civilization that kills so many so fast that the systems for providing support and bur...
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The Plague of Justinian in the 540s was determined to be an early strain of the Bubonic Plague by researchers in rece...