Justinian I was one of the most important emperors in the history the Orthodox Church, the official church of the empire. He was described as a nursing father of the church. He put the church on a more solid footing and redefined its structure. He wanted to protect its purity and persecuted dissident Christian sects. He secured the rights of the church and the clergy and protected and expanded the monastic orders. He granted the monks the right to inherit property from private individuals and to receive annual gifts for the state and banned the confiscation of monastic property. He gave the canons of the church legal force and issued laws regarding the administration of church property, the elections, rights and obligations of the clergy, the conduct of service and episcopal jurisdiction. Justinian also persecuted dissident Christian doctrines. He rebuilt the famous Hagia Sophia Church in Constantinople and built the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, the capital of the Byzantine possessions in Italy.
Justinian I's major goals during his reign were to reunite the Roman Empire, return it to its former glory , and to reclaim lost territory in the West.
Justinian I's major goals during his reign were to reunite the Roman Empire, return it to its former glory , and to reclaim lost territory in the West.
To restore and reunite the Roman Empire.
It was the reconquest of the lands lost by the Western Roman Empire. He succeeded in retaking part of Italy, Africa and part of Spain.
To reunite the Roman Empire.
Justinian I's major goals during his reign were to reunite the Roman Empire, return it to its former glory , and to reclaim lost territory in the West.
Justinian I's major goals during his reign were to reunite the Roman Empire, return it to its former glory , and to reclaim lost territory in the West.
to reunite the Roman Empire
Justinian I's major goals during his reign were to reunite the Roman Empire, return it to its former glory , and to reclaim lost territory in the West.
To restore and reunite the Roman Empire.
It was the reconquest of the lands lost by the Western Roman Empire. He succeeded in retaking part of Italy, Africa and part of Spain.
To reunite the Roman Empire.
It was the reconquest of the lands lost by the Western Roman Empire. He succeeded in retaking part of Italy, Africa and part of Spain.
The major goal was to steal all the pretty ladies.
Recapturing lost Roman lands.
expanding to the west
Recapturing lost Roman lands