. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. THE long reign of Justinian as Roman Em-peror of the East was a remarkable epochin the history of the world. He was origi-nally named Uprauda, and was born of ob-scure parents in Dardania in Illyricum, onthe eastern coast of the Adriatic, in May,483, He was a nephew of the Em-peror Justin I., who in 518 appointed Up-rauda, or as he henceforth called himself, Flavins Justinianus,as his colleague. Nine years later he became sole Emperorat Constantinople, having been crowned or invested withsupreme authority by Justin a f
. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. THE long reign of Justinian as Roman Em-peror of the East was a remarkable epochin the history of the world. He was origi-nally named Uprauda, and was born of ob-scure parents in Dardania in Illyricum, onthe eastern coast of the Adriatic, in May,483, He was a nephew of the Em-peror Justin I., who in 518 appointed Up-rauda, or as he henceforth called himself, Flavins Justinianus,as his colleague. Nine years later he became sole Emperorat Constantinople, having been crowned or invested withsupreme authority by Justin a few months before his death. Thoroughly imbued with high ideas of his imperialauthority in all matters of Church as well as State, Justinianbegan a persecution of the Arians, Jews and Pagans. YetTheodora, the wife of this severely orthodox and persecutingEmperor, had been an actress and even a courtesan. Herunbounded influence over him is regarded as attesting hergreater strength of character. In 527 he proclaimed her asEmpress and as his equal colleague in the Empir
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