NOUN
- Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)
How To Use Justinian I In A Sentence
- The Council _in Trullo_ (named from the {90} dome-shaped place of meeting), 691, called also _Quini-sextan_, summoned by Justinian II. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003
- Outside his church of St Sophia an equestrian statue showed Justinian in military costume, pointing his hand eastwards.
- While taking on offensive position to "reunite" with the west under Justinian in the 500's, for the most part the position of the Empire was defensive in nature, having little desire to increase its borders. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
