JUSTINIAN I

born 483, Tauresium, Dardania [probably south of modern Ni, Serbia, Yugos.] died Nov. 14, 565, Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey] Latin in full Flavius Justinianus, original name Petrus Sabbatius Byzantine emperor (527565), noted for his administrative reorganization of the imperial government and for his sponsorship of a codification of laws known as the Codex Justinianus (534). Additional reading J.B. Bury, A History of the Later Roman Empire from the Death of Theodosius I. to the Death of Justinian (a.d. 395a.d. 565), vol. 2 (1923, reprinted 1958), a narrative survey; P.N. Ure, Justinian and His Age (1951, reprinted 1979), a stimulating account; Robert Browning, Justinian and Theodora, rev. ed. (1987), a good introduction for the general reader; Arnold H.M. Jones, The Later Roman Empire, 284602: A Social Economic and Administrative Survey, 2 vol. (1964, reprinted 1986), a valuable and objective analysis; John W. Barker, Justinian and the Later Roman Empire (1966, reprinted 1977), a general introduction.