Ruler · 450 – 527

Justin I

Lived 450 – 527; politician. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 518 – 527; also in the line of Justinian dynasty.

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Lived: 450 – 527; 77 years
In office: 9 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 22nd of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

18 before

Zeno476 – 491

Ariadne476 – 515

Anastasius I Dicorus491 – 518

Justin I518 – 527

Theodora527 – 548

Justinian I527 – 565

Justin II565 – 574

88 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 518 – 527 · 9 years · came to it aged 68

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 527, the year they died

Also in the line of Justinian dynasty (1st of 8).

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