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Justinian I
Mosaic of Justinian dressed in a royal purple chlamys and jeweled stemma
Detail of a contemporary portrait mosaic of Justinian dressed in a royal purple chlamys and jeweled stemma in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna
Byzantine emperor
Augustus1 April 527 – 14 November 565
Acclamatio1 April 527
PredecessorJustin I
SuccessorJustin II
BornPetrus Sabbatius
c. 482
Tauresium, Dardania
(now North Macedonia)
Died14 November 565 (aged 83)
Constantinople
(now Istanbul)
Burial
SpouseTheodora (m. 525; d. 548)
Names
Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus
DynastyJustinian dynasty
FatherSabbatius
Justin I (adoptive)
MotherVigilantia
ReligionChalcedonian Christianity

Justinian I (/ʌˈstɪniən/; Latin: Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus; Greek: Ἰουστινιανός Ioustinianos; 482 – 14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was a Byzantine emperor who reigned from 527 to 565.