He waged wars against the Visigoths and the Vandals and gained Italy and parts of North Africa, with much thanks to the ability of his general, Belisarius.
This leader signed a peace treaty with Khosrau I in 532 to end his empire's Iberian War with the Sassanid Empire. The partisans of the chariot racing factions in his capital rose up against him in the Nika riots, and he appointed Tribonian to review and draft new laws. He waged wars against the Visigoths and the Vandals and gained Italy and parts of North Africa, with much thanks to the ability of his general, Belisarius. Rebuilding the Hagia Sophia and rewriting Roman laws, for 10 points, identify this 483 to 565 ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
This leader signed a peace treaty with Khosrau I in 532 to end his empire's Iberian War with the Sassanid Empire.
{Justinian} I or {Justinian} the {Great} or {Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus}