Moreover, Justin II was moving away from the foreign policy of Justinian, and believed in dealing more strictly with bordering states and peoples.

Again, Justinian moved toward compromise in the religious edict of 15 March 533, and congratulated himself that Pope John II admitted the orthodoxy of the imperial confession.

Some, including the Byzantine chronicler Theophanes, have claimed that Konon's family had been resettled in Thrace, where he entered the service of Emperor Justinian II, when the latter was advancing on Constantinople with an army of 15, 000 horsemen provided by Tervel of Bulgaria in 705.

In the late 7th century Justinian II organized a massive expeditions against the Sklaviniai of the Greek peninsula, in which he reportedly captured over 110, 000 Slavs and transferred them to Cappadocia.

The actual negotiations on the contentious articles were handled by Gregory, with the result that the emperor Justinian II agreed that the Papacy could disregard whichever of the council ’ s decisions it wished to.

As a result of the dispute, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian II ordered Sergius I's abduction ( as his predecessor Constans II had done with Pope Martin I ), but with the assistance of the exarch of Ravenna, Sergius I was able to avoid trial in Constantinople.

Enraged, Emperor Justinian II dispatched his magistrianus, also named Sergius, to Rome to arrest bishop John of Portus, the chief papal legate to the Third Council of Constantinople and Boniface, the papal counselor.

Eventually, Justinian II ordered Sergius I's arrest and abduction to Constantinople by his notoriously violent bodyguard protospatharios Zacharias.

The Code and the Institutes of Justinian were known in Western Europe, and along with the earlier code of Theodosius II, served as models for a few of the Germanic law codes ; however, the Digest portion was largely ignored for several centuries until around 1070, when a manuscript of the Digest was rediscovered in Italy.

* 688: Emperor Justinian II of the Byzantine Empire defeats the Bulgars.

* 705: Justinian II is forced to give the title Caesar of Byzantium to the Bulgarian Emperor Tervel.

* 708 – 711: The Bulgarians defeat Justinian II at the battle of Anchiallus.

* The isolated Byzantine outpost of Cherson in the Crimea rebels with Khazar assistance, against Justinian II.

* Emperor Justinian II of the Byzantine Empire defeats the Bulgarians.

* November 14 – Justin II succeeds Justinian I as Emperor.

* 15 February – The restored Byzantine emperor Justinian II presides over the public humiliation of his predecessors Leontius and Tiberius III and their chief associates in the Hippodrome of Constantinople, after which they are executed.

* Byzantine Empire: August – Justinian II and his ally, the Bulgar khan Tervel, by-pass the Byzantine forces under Heraclius awaiting them and reach Constantinople.

* September – Justinian II succeeds Constantine IV as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

* Philippicus incites a revolt against Justinian II, and upon the latter's death declares himself Byzantine Emperor.

* December – Justinian II, Byzantine emperor ( assassinated ) ( b. 669 )

* Byzantine emperor Justinian II sends a fleet to Italy under the patrikios Theodore, to intervene in the dispute between Pope Constantine and the archbishop Felix of Ravenna, who claimed to be independent of the pope's authority.

* Bulgaria: The Byzantine emperor Justinian II is defeated by a Bulgar army at the Battle of Anchialus.

* Byzantine Empire: The deposed Byzantine emperor Justinian II flees from his exile at Cherson to the Khazars.

* Justinian II, Byzantine emperor

By order of Emperor Justinian I a citadel named Bospor was built there.

However, contrary to the secret history, Justinian was not named as successor until less than a year before Justin's death and he spent 3, 700 pounds of gold during a celebration in 520.

In 526, Justin's health began to decline and he formally named Justinian as co-emperor and, on 1 April 527 as his successor.

In late 577, despite his complete lack of military experience, he was named as magister militum per Orientem, effectively commander-in-chief of the Byzantine army in the East, in the ongoing war against Sassanid Persia, succeeding the general Justinian.

It has been suggested that the 681 peace treaty with the Byzantine Empire that established the new Bulgarian state was concluded at Varna and the first Bulgarian capital south of the Danube may have been provisionally located in its vicinity — possibly in an ancient city near Lake Varna's north shore named Theodorias ( Θεοδωριάς ) by Justinian I — before it moved to Pliska 70 km to the west.

In this state, Tiberius initially named two heirs, both of whom each married one of his daughters – Maurice was betrothed to Constantina, while Germanus, related through blood to the great emperor Justinian, was married to his other daughter, Charito.

Modern historians named this plague incident after the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I, who was in power at the time of the initial outbreak.

According to Byzantine tradition, the area was named thus after Peter the Patrician, a leading minister of Justinian I ( r. 527 – 565 ).

On August 16, 1947, the aged and sick Metropolitan Irineu retired from his position and Patriarch Nicodim named Vicar Bishop Justinian Vasluianul as locum tenens until a permanent successor was elected.

Saint Catherine's was founded by Justinian in the early 6th, on the site of an older monastery founded about 313 AD and named for Helena of Constantinople.

Here-where nowadays the Ataköy Marina lies-Emperor Valens built one of the two imperial Palaces bearing the name of Magnaura, while Justinian erected another Palace named Jucundianae, also placed near the seaside.

Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople ( term c. 715-730 ), whose father was named Justinian, might have been a descendant of the dynasty.

Tervel is rewarded by Justinian for his assistance with rich gifts and the title of Caesar.

The reigning Byzantine emperor Leontios bribes the khagan to surrender Justinian, but the latter is warned by his wife and flees to the Bulgar Khanate, securing the assistance of the Bulgarian ruler Tervel ( autumn ).

In the beginning of 8th century Byzantine emperor Justinian II asked Khan Tervel to create a union against Arabs invading from the south.

Having survived the storm, Justinian next approached Tervel of Bulgaria.

Tervel agreed to provide all the military assistance necessary for Justinian to regain his throne in exchange for financial considerations, the award of a Caesars crown, and the hand of Justinian's daughter, Anastasia, in marriage.

In 708 Justinian turned on Bulgarian Khan Tervel, whom he had earlier crowned Caesar, and invaded Bulgaria, apparently seeking to recover the territories ceded to Tervel as a reward for his support in 705.

Tervel is first mentioned in the Byzantine sources in 704, when he was approached by the deposed and exiled Byzantine emperor Justinian II.

With an army of 15, 000 horsemen provided by Tervel, Justinian suddenly advanced on Constantinople and managed to gain entrance into the city in 705.

Justinian awarded Tervel with many gifts, the title of kaisar ( Caesar ), which made him second only to the emperor and the first foreign ruler in Byzantine history to receive such a title, and a territorial concession in northeastern Thrace, a region called Zagora.

Only three years later, however, when Justinian II consolidated his throne he violated this arrangement and commenced military operations to recover the ceded area but Khan Tervel routed the Byzantines at the Battle of Anchialus ( near present-day Pomorie ) in 708.

In 711, faced by a serious revolt in Asia Minor, Justinian again sought the aid of Tervel, but obtained only lukewarm support manifested in an army of 3, 000.

An exceptional case was the conferment of the dignity and its insignia to the Bulgarian khan Tervel by Justinian II, who had helped him regain his throne in 705.

In 708 the forces of Justinian II were completely defeated near the fortress by the army of Bulgar Khan Tervel.