Justinian, who continued this policy, tried to impose religious unity on his subjects by forcing them to accept doctrinal compromises that might appeal to all parties, a policy which proved unsuccessful as he satisfied none of them.

But in the condemnation of the Three Chapters Justinian tried to satisfy both the East and the West, but succeeded in satisfying neither.

Justinian also tried to find new routes for the eastern trade, which was suffering badly from the wars with the Persians.

For three days, Justinian tried to convince the citizens of Constantinople to open the gates, but to no avail.

When Justinian, towards the close of his life, tried to raise the sect of the Aphthartodocetae to the rank of orthodoxy, and determined to expel Eutychius for his opposition, the able lawyer-ecclesiastic of Antioch, who had already distinguished himself by his great edition of the canons, was chosen to carry out the imperial will.

For three days, Justinian tried to convince the citizens of Constantinople to open the gates, but to no avail.

Another circumstance which renders the work of Gaius more interesting to the historical student than that of Justinian, is that Gaius lived at a time when actions were tried by the system of formulae, or formal directions given by the praetor before whom the case first came, to the judex to whom he referred it.

From his enthronement to his death, as Mihai Urzică writes, " faced with the adversities to which the Church was subjected, Patriarch Justinian proved himself an able diplomat and tried, as much as he could, to withstand the attacks launched against the house of the Lord.

Through his agents, Justinian tried to save Amalasuntha's life, but to no avail.

The preparations for the operation were carried out in absolute secrecy, while Justinian tried to secure the neutrality of the Franks by gifts of gold.

There he was offered the title of Western Roman Emperor by the Ostrogoths at the same time that envoys of Justinian were arriving to negotiate a peace which would leave the region north of the Po River in Gothic hands.

* Pope Vigilius arrives in Constantinople to meet with Justinian I ; future pope Pelagius is sent by Totila to negotiate with Justinian.

* Justinian I sends an embassy to Carthage to negotiate with Hilderic.

When king Kavadh I of Persia died ( September 531 ), Justinian concluded an " Eternal Peace " ( which cost him 11, 000 pounds of gold ) with his successor Khosrau I ( 532 ).

Later, under Justinian I ( 527-565 ), it was designated one of the Pentarchy, though the Pentarchy has never been recognized by Roman Catholicism which instead claims Papal supremacy.

Justinian himself ordered the foundation of the city by law in 535, establishing the Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima, making it at the same time the capital of the prefecture of Illyricum instead of Thessaloniki ( although this is disputed among historians ).

Justinian sent another general, Narses, to Italy, but tensions between Narses and Belisarius hampered the progress of the campaign.

Finally, Justinian dispatched a force of approximately 35, 000 men ( 2, 000 men were detached and sent to invade southern Visigothic Spain ) under the command of Narses.

The practices ended when Justinian sent Narses to destroy sanctuaries, arrest priests, and seize divine images, which were taken to Constantinople.

Justinian sent Narses to destroy the sanctuaries, with the priests being arrested and the divine images taken to Constantinople.

In June 533, Justinian sent an expeditionary force commanded by Belisarius which finally reached Africa in the beginning of September.

When Justinian sent a second embassy protesting these developments, Hilderic replied, in effect, that Justinian had no authority to make these demands.

* Justinian ( ship ), a storeship sent to the convict settlement at New South Wales in 1790

In 543 Emperor Justinian issued a decree which condemned the various heresies of Origen ; this decree was sent for signature both to the Oriental patriarchs and to Vigilius.

Totila sent Pelagius to Constantinople in order to arrange a peace with Justinian I, but the emperor sent him back to say that his general Belisarius was in command in Italy.

In the spring of 544 the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I sent his general Belisarius to Italy to counterattack, but Totila, captured Rome in 546 from Belisarius and depopulated the city after a yearlong siege.

The following year Justinian sent his general Narses with a force of 35, 000 Lombards, Gepids and Heruli to Italy in a march around the Adriatic to approach Ravenna from the north.

In 542, Justinian attempted to make a truce with Khosrau, but rather than sending peace delegates, Justinian sent a massive 30, 000 man army into Armenia.

In response, Justinian sent 8, 000 troops in support of Lazic King Gubazes.

After being denied by Justinian, Ma'd-Karib sought help from Khosrau, who sent a small fleet and army under commander Vahriz to depose the current king of Yemen.

The forces of Emperor Justinian I were sent in to quell the revolt, which ended with the slaughter of the majority of the Samaritan population in the city.

Shifting his attention eastward, Tiberius sent his general Justinian with the eastern armies, and he pushed the Persians back across the Euphrates.

A century later, the Byzantine emperor Justinian I sent a force under his general Belisarius, which, contrary to contemporary expectations, succeeded in destroying the Vandal kingdom ; Byzantine rule lasted one and a half century more, increasingly contested by the Berbers and, after the 640s AD, by the coming of the Arabs, who finally secure control over the entire region by 700.

He was sent by Justinian on a mission for the conversion of such pagans as remained in Asia Minor in 542, and informs us that the number of those whom he baptized amounted to 70, 000.

During his reign, he assisted the Exarch Theophylactos, who had been sent to Italy by the emperor Justinian II, and prevented him from using violence against the Romans.

Justin and his nephew and heir, Justinian I, refused and sent his generals Sittas and Belisarius into Persia, where they were initially defeated.

Notable military events during the reign of Justinian included the battle of Daras in 530, when Belisarius, with a force of 25, 000, defeated the Persian emperor's army of 40, 000.

During Justinian I's reign, the city's population reached about 500, 000 people.

He forced Justinian I to pay him 5, 000 pounds of gold, plus 500 pounds of gold more each year.

In 552, Justinian dispatched a force of 2, 000 men ; according to the historian Jordanes, this army was led by the octogenarian Liberius.

Justinian also rebuilt the Church of Hagia Sophia ( which cost 20, 000 pounds of gold ), the original site having been destroyed during the Nika riots.

At the start of Justinian I's reign he had inherited a surplus 28, 800, 000 solidi ( 400, 000 pounds of gold ) in the imperial treasury from Anastasius I and Justin I.

It has been estimated that before Justinian I's reconquests the state had an annual revenue of 5, 000, 000 solidi in AD 530, but after his reconquests, the annual revenue was increased to 6, 000, 000 solidi in AD 550.

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.

Both sides agree to return all occupied territories and Justinian makes a one-off payment of 110 centenaria ( 11, 000 pounds of gold ), as a contribution to the defense of the Caucasus passes.

* Gothic War: Emperor Justinian I appoints Belisarius commander-in-chief ( stratēgos autokratōr ) and sends an Byzantine expeditionary force of only 8, 000 soldiers ( half are heavy East Roman cavalry ) to begin the reconquest of Italy.

* Plague of Justinian: Bubonic plague, spread from Egypt, kills at least 230, 000 in Constantinople ( before counting stops ) and perhaps two million or more in the rest of the Empire.

The Slavs invaded the Balkans during the rule of Justinian I ( 527 – 565 ), when eventually up to 100, 000 Slavs raided Thessalonica.

In 687, as part of his agreements with the Caliphate, Justinian removed from their native Lebanon 12, 000 Christian Maronites, who continually resisted the Arabs.

In spring 705, with an army of 15, 000 Bulgar and Slav horsemen Justinian appeared before the walls of Constantinople.