This ruler ordered the reconstruction of the Baths of Zeuxippus, and he denounced the Three Chapters in an effort to reconcile two religious factions.
This ruler ordered the reconstruction of the Baths of Zeuxippus, and he denounced the Three Chapters in an effort to reconcile two religious factions. One of his first acts was to ban suffragia, or the sale of regional governorships. This ruler brokered the Eternal Peace with his eastern neighbor, Khosrau I. Depicted with a halo over his head in a panel from the Church of San Vitale, he banished John of Cappadocia for conspiring against him with Antonina. Unrest during this man's reign was caused by animosity between the Blues and the Greens in the Hippodrome. He promulgated a namesake law code compiled by Tribonian, and he instructed Narses to distribute gold as part of his suppression of the Nika Riots. For 10 points, name this husband of Theodora, a Byzantine emperor who supervised the construction of the Hagia Sophia.
This ruler ordered the reconstruction of the Baths of Zeuxippus, and he denounced the Three Chapters in an effort to reconcile two religious factions.
Justinian I [or Justinian the Great; prompt on partial answer]