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Headword:
Ioustinos
Adler number: iota,449
Translated headword: Ioustinos, Justinus, Justin
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Emperor of the Romans, extremely orthodox. "He was ignorant of all letters and indeed what they call analphabetic."[1]
This man founded both the golden dining-hall in the Palace and the Saint Paul, the orphans' home.[2]
And elsewhere: "[...] the prevailing opinion concerning the emperor Justin, that he was very dignified and precise."[3]
Greek Original:Ioustinos, ho basileus Rhômaiôn, orthodoxotatos. ên de amathêtos grammatôn hapantôn kai to dê legomenon analphabêtos. houtos ktizei kai ton en tôi Palatiôi chruson triklinon kai ton hagion Paulon, to orphanotropheion. kai authis: tên peri basileôs Ioustinou kratêsasan doxan, hôs esti mala embrithês te kai katêkribômenos.
Notes:
Reigned 518-527:
De Imperatoribus Romanis entry by James Allan Evans at web address 1; cf. PLRE II s.v. Iustinus(4).
[1]
Procopius,
Secret History 6.11 (web address 2); cf.
alpha 1470,
alpha 1952,
epsilon 1915, and Kaldellis (29).
[2] These are accomplishments of the emperor Justin II (ruled 565-578) and his wife Sophia; cf. ps.-Codinus,
Patria Constantinopoleos 3.47.1-2, 3.164.1-3 (Preger,
Scriptores originum Constantinopolitanarum 235.1-2, 256.6-7). On Justin see PLRE IIIa s.v. Iustinus(5). On Sophia, empress 565-601, see PLRE IIIb s.v. Sophia(1).
[3] Part of
Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on Justin II; cf.
epsilon 958.
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. II, (Cambridge 1980)
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vols. IIIa & IIIb, (Cambridge 1992)
R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: architecture; biography; children; Christianity; daily life; ethics; food; historiography; history; religion; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 12 February 2004@19:35:05.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (supplied notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 13 February 2004@03:12:51.
Catharine Roth (changed a word, added a link, cosmetics) on 14 February 2004@18:19:39.
Catharine Roth (added a keyword) on 4 October 2005@11:36:41.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 21 February 2007@00:20:47.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 3 January 2012@06:05:56.
David Whitehead (more updating; more keywords) on 13 January 2013@07:09:47.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 9 August 2013@00:44:53.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 28 November 2014@10:49:57.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 30 June 2017@23:31:48.
Ronald Allen (added bibliography and link) on 3 May 2024@12:17:17.
Ronald Allen (expalnded n.2, added to bibliography, added keyword) on 10 September 2024@11:39:59.
Ronald Allen (augmented n.3, added to bibliography) on 11 September 2024@11:51:12.
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