Reminder that Justinian was the most Based Roman emperor. Not only did he bring Rome, North Africa and all of Italy back into the empire but also made the "Corpus Juris Civilis" which disadvantaged the Jews in many ways: "The principle of "Servitude of the Jews" (Servitus Judaeorum) was established by the new laws, and determined the status of Jews throughout the Empire for hundreds of years. The Jews were disadvantaged in a number of ways. Jews could not testify against Christians and were disqualified from holding a public office. Jewish civil and religious rights were restricted: "they shall enjoy no honors". The use of the Hebrew language in worship was forbidden."
Reminder that Justinian was the most Based Roman emperor. Not only did he bring Rome...
>Hadrian
Burned down the temple in Jerusalem when he got tired of all the kikery
that idiot not only destroyed Italy in the process of kicking out Ostrogoths during the Gothic wars and left it weak enough to be reconquered by Lombards anyway, but also pretty much depleted all the imperial treasury in doing so, treasury which could be better used to stop the advance of Muslims
taught all the rebels a valuable lesson on friendship inside the hippodrome
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>Muslim invasions started in 633
>He died in 565
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Also the reason they lost Italy was because of the Persians.
point is that he is a major reason why later Byzantines couldn't muster enough resources to fight the Arabs, because he opened such an expensive western front while fighting Persians as well
I mean sure in hindsight it's easier to say, but nevertheless if he had stayed put things could have gone entirely differently.
And in any case, Italy under the Ostrogoths wasn't so bad.
yeah, point being opening another front while still fighting Persians was a bad call
>Implying any Emperor is comparable to Augustus
The only ones coming close are the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Justinian wishes he would be as great as those.
The reason they couldn't muster enough resources was because of the bubonic plague, which literally killed 1 out of every 4 people in Constantinople.
He was at peace with the Persians when he invaded North Africa and Italy.
Fun fact: That Bubonic plague hit Britannia right before the Anglo-Saxons really started moving in
well the plague that fucked everything up during Justin's Roman campaign didnt help
He most certainly was, you forgot to mention he also built the Hagia Sophia and genocided all the german subhumans who had invaded Western Rome.
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No you cheeky cunt, the Byzantines lost the war against the Arabs because of the Roman-Persian wars, reason why Persia also fell.
Indeed, he built a magnificent church in a record amount of time, after a series of riots that devastated the city no less.
(The city being Constantinople obviously)
t. butthurt irrelevant country
they both exhausted each other right when the arabs were expanding
point is that the result could've been different if so much resources weren't diverted west, ultimately for nothing
Basil II was better then Julian
>if so much resources weren't diverted west
But they literally weren't, it was a wasteland after the invasion, all the money was spent fighting Persia.
t. butthurt kraut who is mad because he wasn't allowed to settle in the comfy mediterranean, Bomber Harris truly did nothing wrong
fucking plebs revolting against the mighty Emperor, they truly had no shame
These were the same people who killed each other over ch𝘢riot r𝘢ces.