Justinian took advantage of the peace in the East to regain possession of the Balkans, which were before then almost totally under the heel of Slavic tribes.
Indeed, until Justinian II this was the expression to discredit the reputation of someone, and so it was necessary that this individuals remained anonymous.
Justinian I | James Justinian Morier | Sir Justinian Isham | Plague of Justinian | Justinian of Ramsey Island | Justinian II | Column of Justinian |
Erdek, renamed after the settlement of Cypriot refugees there by Justinian II.
To a modern art historian Meyer Shapiro, "Maximian was "a poor deacon of Pola who to a high position through his political adroitness" as a protegé of Justinian II. He had not been wanted as archbishop by the people of Ravenna, but "by shrewd maneuvres he overcame their opposition, and won their respect by his discretion, generosity, and great enterprises of church building and decoration".