Just in i an I

(jūs-tin'e-an,) emperor of Constantinople, B. 483 A. D., S. his nephew Justin I. in 527. He proved to be a just, wise, and able ruler, and carried out the revision of the Roman law, and the compilation of the Pandects and Institutes, known as the Just in i an Code. He also effected great internal improvements in his dominions, erected the church of St. Sophia at Adrianople, and was the first to introduce the culture of the silk-worm and the fabrication of silken stuffs into Europe. His victorious generals, Belisarius and Narses, restored to the empire nearly all the pro vs. it had held under the first Cæsars. D. 565. J. II. s. his father Const an tine III. in 685, and achieved many victories over the Saracens. His cruelties, however, caused a revolt of his subjects, who deposed him, and deported him to the Crimea. After his return thence he was slain by Philippic us Bardanus, who s. him in 711. [s. 511]