This man responded to neighboring ruler Kavadh's death with a Pax Perpetuum broken eight years later by Khosrau I. An outbreak first recorded in Pelusium was this ruler's namesake "plague," and a long-banned secret history of his rule was written by Procopius.
This man responded to neighboring ruler Kavadh's death with a Pax Perpetuum broken eight years later by Khosrau I. An outbreak first recorded in Pelusium was this ruler's namesake "plague," and a long-banned secret history of his rule was written by Procopius. A revolt against him tried to crown Hypatius near the Hippodrome; his general Belisarius put down those Nika riots and beat the Ostrogoths to conquer Italy, and this emperor ordered construction of the Hagia Sophia church. For 10 points, name this husband of Theodora whose heavily-Christian Corpus Juris Civilis is a law code sometimes named for him, a 6th-century Byzantine emperor.
This man responded to neighboring ruler Kavadh's death with a Pax Perpetuum broken eight years later by Khosrau I. An outbreak first recorded in Pelusium was this ruler's namesake "plague," and a long-banned secret history of his rule was written by Procopius.
Justinian I [or Justinian the Great]