Justinian I (483-565) is depicted carrying, possibly, Eucharist bread or a paten or a symbolic basket for receiving tribute; to his right, possibly, Belisarius and on the left, possibly, the banker, Julianus Argentarius, who paid for the building of the church; also shown is Maximian, archbishop of Ravenna from 545-553; the group of soldiers carry a shield with the Chi-Rho emblem, alluding to the victory of Constantine at the battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 AD; Archibishop Maximian;

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