The mere fact that these two areas were back under Roman control, especially Italy as the home of the former capital of Rome, would have greatly increased Byzantium prestige among the other nations of the period. By the end of his reign Justinian’s empire stretched from the South-Eastern tip of Spain to modern day Turkey, encompassing much of North Africa, Italy, the Balkans and Greece...
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This was a huge increase from the beginning of his reign where the empires boundaries stopped at Greece and Egypt in North Africa. Although some would say that this reconquest was unnecessary and detrimental to the empire in the long run I think that this is an unfair conclusion. Justinian is often called the last Roman Emperor...
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Justinian Other sources include the histories of Agathias, Menander Protector, John Malalas, the Paschal Chronicle, the chronicles of Marcellinus Comes and Victor of Tunnuna...	1 / 261
Emperor Justinian: Builder of the Byzantine Legend The two empires had been long time rivals in the Middle East and had battled often (Norwich-A Short History of Byzantium,27). During the 400?fs, both the Romans and the Persians struggled to cope with invasions from outside groups...	5 / 1259
Justinian I More than any other series of events before of since that time. Justinian was successful in driving out the Ostrogoths from Italy, and the Vandals from Africa...	6 / 1453
medieval history procopious Procipus proves that Justinian likes disorder. Procopius clearly paints the picture to see that life as we knew it in the Roman Empire was not stable. The title of chapter eight Character and Appearance of Justinian makes the reader aware that Procopius wants to make us more aware of Justinian's physical appearance as well as his morals for ruling...	3 / 811