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-->Justinian I
Byzantine emperor (527-65). Determined to regain former Roman provinces lost to barbarian invaders, Justinian conquered the Vandals in N Africa (534) and defeated the Ostrogoths in Italy (540). He did not gain control of the whole of Italy until 562, and he was unable to prevent Bulgars, Slavs, Huns, and Avars from carrying out raids along the empire's N frontier. He also carried on an intermittent war with Persia until 561. He reorganized the imperial government and sponsored a body of laws known as the Code of Justinian. His efforts to root out corruption triggered an abortive revolt in Constantinople in 532; his wife, Theodora, helped him put down the revolt. Among his public works was the church of Hagia Sophia.
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