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Tsar Justinian I

Emperor Justinian I, born on 11 May 483 in Tauresium (today Taor, near Skopje) in the territory of Macedonia, has been one of the most significant rulers the world has ever known. When he ascended the throne in the great Christian center Constantinople in 527, one of the most famous epochs of the East Roman Empire, better known as Byzantine Empire, started.
During his reign, Justinian I coped successfully both with external and internal challenges. After numerous military campaigns, he transformed the Empire into a powerful state which stretched across three continents - South Europe, West Asia and North Africa.
In order to establish an efficient local order in the large state and uninterrupted functioning of its institutions, Justinian I composed a code of laws written in Latin known as Code of Justinian. He vigorously pursued construction activities, especially in the Balkans and Macedonia, visible from the construction and renewal of numerous cities and fortresses. He supported building of numerous and representative churches, with magnificent mosaics that became a part of the world art treasury. Tsar Justinian was also deserved for the construction of the famous church St. Sophia in Constantinople, as well as the new city Justiniana Prima built near his birth place where he later located the seat of the newly-established eponymous archbishopric.
The fulfilling secular and spiritual life of Emperor Justinian I ended in 565.

Monarch Ranking: Emperor / Empress Proper Title and Name of Monarch: Emperor Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus Augustus Country or Empire of Influence: East Roman Empire Website for additonal information: [Web Link]

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