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Justin was born in the Roman province of Illyricum of humble stock sometime around 435. As a teenager, he and two companions fled from an invasion of the Huns in 447, taking refuge in Constantinople. Justin soon joined the army, and because of his ability, rose through the ranks to become a general and commander of the palace guard under the emperor Anastasius I more than a half-century later. Thanks to his position (he commanded the only troops in the city) and gifts of money, Justin was able to secure election as emperor in 518.
A career soldier with little knowledge of statecraft, Justin wisely surrounded himself with trusted advisors. The most prominent of these men, of course, was his nephew Flavius Petrus Sabbatius, whom he adopted as his son and invested with the name Justinian. It is common now to say that Justinian ruled the empire in his uncle's name during this time, thanks to the accounts of the historian Procopius, but there is much evidence to the contrary. In fact, Justinian wasn't named as successor until less than a year before Justin's death.
In 525, Justin repealed a law that effectively prohibited a member of the senatorial class from marrying a woman from a lower class of society, including the theatre, which was considered scandalous at the time. This edict paved the way for Justinian to marry Theodora, a former mimeA mime is the representation of action, character or mood using only gestures and movements rather than words, or the actor in such a performance, specifically a mimic or pantomimist. David Bowie was a mime before finding success as a singer. To mime is a actress, and eventually resulted in a major blurring of the old class distinctions at the Imperial court.
The latter years of his reign were marked by strife between the empire and the Ostrogoths and PersiansThe Persians are an ethnic group that lives mainly in Iran, in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, and Uzbekistan. In Central Asia they are called Tajiks. Their language, called Persian or Farsi, is from the Indo-Iranian family of languages. The group is descended fr. In 526, Justin's health began to decline and he formally named Justinian as co-emperor and his successor on April 1April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. Events 527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. 1789 In New York City, the United Stat, 527. On August 1 of that year, Justin died and was succeeded by Justinian.
The town of AnazarbusAnazarbus (med. Ain Zarba mod. Navarza) was an ancient Cilician city, situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey, in the Aleian plain about 10 miles west of the main stream of the Pyramus (Jihun) river and near its tributary the Sempas Su. A lofty isolated rid was re-named Justinopolis in 525, in his honour.
| Preceded by Anastasius IAnastasius I (c. 430 July 9, 518) was a Byzantine emperor ( 491 518). He was born at Dyrrhachium not later than A. At the time of the death of Zeno ( 491), Anastasius, a palace official ( silentiarius), held a very high character, and was raised to the th | Byzantine Emperor ' | Succeeded by Justinian I |
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