Historical Figure
Justinian I
Roman emperor from 527 to 565
Born: 669 CE · Died: 711 CENationality: Byzantine Empire
About Justinian I
Justinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, was Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.Wikipedia ↗
Associated Events
Empire330 CE – 1453 CE
Byzantine Empire
The Eastern Roman Empire survived the fall of Rome by nearly a thousand years, preserving Greco-Roman law, literature, and Orthodox Christianity while serving as a cultural and military bulwark between Europe and successive Persian, Arab, and Turkic empires.
Pandemic541 CE – 549 CE
Plague of Justinian
The first major bubonic plague pandemic devastated the Byzantine Empire and surrounding regions, killing an estimated 25–50 million people over two centuries of recurrent waves, and halting Emperor Justinian's ambitious campaign to restore the Roman Empire.