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Justinian I
Plague of JustinianIn 541, grain ships arrived at the port of Pelusium near Suez in Egypt. These vessels carried infected rats and fleas that would soon carry Yersinia pestis…
Justinian IJustinian was born in Tauresium, Dardania, probably in 482. He came from a peasant family thought to have been of either Thraco-Roman or Illyro-Roman origin.
Corpus Juris CivilisJustinian I ascended to the imperial throne in Constantinople during 527. Six months after his accession, he arranged for a new collection of imperial…