| Justin II | |||||
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.jpg) Solidus of Justin II marked: d·n· iustinus p·p· aug· | |||||
| Byzantine emperor | |||||
| Reign | 14 November 565 – 5 October 578 | ||||
| Predecessor | Justinian I | ||||
| Successor | Tiberius II | ||||
| Born | Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
| Died | 5 October 578 Constantinople | ||||
| Spouse | Sophia | ||||
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| Dynasty | Justinian | ||||
| Father | Dulcidio (or Dulcissimus) | ||||
| Mother | Vigilantia | ||||
| Religion | Chalcedonian Christianity | ||||
Justin II (Latin: Iustinus; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἰουστῖνος, translit. Ioustînos; died 5 October 578) was Eastern Roman emperor from 565 until 578. He was the nephew of Justinian I and the husband of empress Sophia, the niece of the empress Theodora, and a member of the Justinian dynasty.
Justin II inherited a greatly enlarged but overextended empire, with far fewer resources at his disposal compared to Justinian I. He ended the payment of tributes and adopted a hardline stance against the empire's neighbors, which resulted in rekindling of war with the Sassanid Empire, and in a Lombard invasion which cost the Romans much of their territory in Italy.[2]
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- ^ Lingenthal 1857, pp. 13–14.
- ^ Sihong Lin (2021). "Justin under Justinian: The Rise of Emperor Justin II Revisited". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 75: 121.
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