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Occurred during the Anastasian War between Persia and the Byzantine Empire. Persia takes Amida from Byzantine and Emperor Anastasius I sues for peace.
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Elected by army and people upon the death of Anastasius I
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Emperors Of the Justinian Dynasty
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Nephew of Justin I...succeeded on Justin I's death.
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Largest of several hundred ancient cisterns beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Located 500 feet from the Hagia Sophia on the peninsula of Sarayburnu, built during the reign of Emperor Justinian I. Allowed the population of Constantinople to grow considerably...by now the population had already reached 500,000.
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The Corpus formed a the system of laws used for most of the Byzantine era after Justinian the Great. The Corpus has influenced the basis for civil law of many modern states today.
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Successful siege of Naples by the Byzantines under the general Belisarius during the Gothic War. Byzantines capture Naples
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Construction of the Hagia Sophia was completed in 537 A.D...Occurs in a time of transition from traditional Greco-Roman culture to Neoplatonism...Hellenistic philosophy began to be gradually removed and replaced by newer Christian philosophy.
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In 546 Rome was sacked by the Gothic king Totila, after nearly a year under siege.
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The Dara Dam was dam at Dara in Mesopotamia (modern-day Turkey)...built in the Justinian I era...most likely the arch dam in history.
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Nephew of Justinian I...seized the throne on the death of Justinian.
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Adoptive son of Justin...succeeded on Justin II's death
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Married the daughter of Tiberius II and succeeded him upon his death.
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Fought in the summer of 588 near Martyropolis between Byzantine and a Sassanid Persian army, and resulted in a Byzantine victory.
