Ruler · 483 – 565

Justinian I

Lived 483 – 565; politician, writer. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 527 – 565; also in the line of Justinian dynasty.

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Lived: 483 – 565; 82 years
In office: 38 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 24th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

20 before

Anastasius I Dicorus491 – 518

Justinian I527 – 565

Tiberius II Constantine574 – 582

86 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 527 – 565 · 38 years · came to it aged 45

Came to it: the spouse of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 565, the year they died

Also in the line of Justinian dynasty (3rd of 8).

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