CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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Justinian
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Justin
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Tribonian
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Alaric
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Detailed explanation-1: -Justin adopted his nephew and brought him to Constantinople to guarantee his education. During Justin’s reign, Justinian acted as a close confidant and advisor; he became Consul in 521 CE and thereafter commander of the Eastern army.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 525 Emperor Justin I named his favorite nephew, Justinian, caesar of the Byzantine Empire. In 527 Justinian was elevated to the rank of co-emperor. On Justin’s death on August 1, 527, Justinian became the sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hagia Sophia is the Orthodox Patriarchal church located in the former Byzantine capital, Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey). It was originally built in 360 Only a few days after the destruction of the second church, the emperor Justinian I ordered the construction of a larger and more majestic structure.
Detailed explanation-4: -A career soldier with little knowledge of statecraft, Justin surrounded himself with trusted advisors. The most prominent of these was his nephew Flavius Petrus Sabbatius, whom he adopted as his son and invested with the name Iustinianus (Justinian).