How Did Justinian Influence The Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire also known as the Eastern Roman Empire was an extension of the Roman Empire, predominantly in the East. The Byzantine Empire was originally founded as Byzantium with its capital being Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The most common language spoken in Byzantine at the time was Greek. Justinian I was born in Illyria at Tauresium, and was the nephew of Justin I, the current emperor, before Justinian took over. He was the son of a Slavic peasant, and was called Sabbatius originally. Justinian was educated at Constantinople, and named consul in 521. Later in 527 Justinian was proclaimed at Justin’s colleague and successor in the empire. Justinian and his wife Theodora, were crowned as the new emperor …show more content…
Functions usually reserved for the emperor, Theodora received foreign envoys and corresponded with foreign rulers. As illustrated in the Nika Riot, her influence in political affairs was decisive. The Blues and the Greens, two political factions in Constantinople, united to set up a rival emperor in their opposition of the government. Theodora advised Justinian to stay and save his empire, whereupon Justinian’s general, Belisarius, herded the rioters into the Hippodrome and cut them to pieces, after his advisers urged him to …show more content…
He restored Ravenna’s status as a capital city in Italy as a result of his reconquest of the Byzantine Empire’s former territories in the west. Justinian died in 543 from natural causes, the Byzantine Empire almost bordered the entire Mediterranean Sea that would forever be unchallenged in Byzantine history from there on. Latter codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis (Corpus of Civil law), a text forms today as a part of the Western legal system foundation, territorial and conquest reorganization were resembled by existing reforms in legislation and state