Justinian: life of the week

Peter Sarris explores the long-lasting legacy of a man who ripped up the law books and remade the eastern Roman empire – and had a plague named after him

Published: October 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM

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Justinian stands tall among the Byzantine rulers, as the 'sleepless emperor' whose religious fervour and legislative zeal saw him rebuild the eastern Roman empire from the ground up... until the 'four horsemen of the apocalypse' arrived and threatened it all. Peter Sarris talks to Kev Lochun about how the conniving and ruthless Justinian claimed power, how an angry sports fans nearly brought him down, and why he's best-known for having a plague named after him.

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