Editing List of Byzantine emperors (section)

== Justinian dynasty (518–602) ==
{{Main|Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty}}

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| [[File:Solidus of Justin I (obverse).jpg|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Justin I]]''' "the Thracian"<br/>{{Small|''Justinus''}}
| 9/10 July 518 – 1 August 527<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|518|7|9|527|8|1}})}}
| Born {{Circa|450}} at Bederiana ([[Justiniana Prima]]), [[Dardani#Byzantine Dardania|Dardania]]. Officer and commander of the [[Excubitors]] bodyguard under Anastasius I, he was elected by army and people upon the death of Anastasius I.

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| [[File:Mosaic of Justinianus I (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=mosaic]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Justinian I]]''' "the Great"<br/>{{Small|''Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus''}}
| 1 April 527 – 14 November 565<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|527|4|1|565|11|14}})}}
| Born in 482/483 at [[Tauresium]] (Taor) [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]], Justinian was the nephew of Justin I and was made ''consul'' in 521; he was elevated to co-emperor on 1 April 527, when Justin fell ill.{{sfn|Lygo|2022|p=73}} He succeeded Justin I as emperor upon the former's death. Through his mighty commanding general [[Belisarius]], Justinian was able to regain North Africa, as well as much of Italy and Spain; these were territories that had been seized and occupied previously by various Germanic tribes (Vandals and Goths) at the former Western Roman Empire's expense. He carried out a massive building program throughout the Empire, including construction of the famous [[Hagia Sophia]] at Constantinople.{{sfn|Kaldellis|2024|pp=276–277}} Justinian was also responsible for the {{Lang|la|[[corpus juris civilis]]}}, or the "body of civil law", which is the foundation of law for many modern European nations.{{sfn|Sarris|2023|pp=122–124}}

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| [[File:Solidus of Justin II (obverse).jpg|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Justin II]]'''<br/>{{Small|''Justinus''}}
| 14 November 565 – 5 October 578<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|565|11|14|578|10|5}})}}
| Born {{Circa|520}}. Nephew of Justinian I, he seized the throne on the death of Justinian I with support of army and Senate. Became insane, hence in 573–574 under the regency of his wife [[Sophia (empress)|Sophia]], and in 574–578 under the regency of Tiberius Constantine.

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| [[File:Tiberios II (obverse).jpg|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | [[Tiberius II Constantine|'''Tiberius II''' Constantine]]<br/>{{Small|''Tiberius Constantinus''}}
| 26 September 578 – 14 August 582<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|578|9|26|582|8|14}})}}
| Born {{Circa|535}}, commander of the [[Excubitors]], friend and adoptive son of Justin. Was named ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]'' and regent in 574. Succeeded on Justin II's death.

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| [[File:Solidus of Maurice (transitional issue).png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]]'''<br/>{{Small|''Mauricius Tiberius''}}
| 13 August 582 – 27 November 602<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|582|8|13|602|11|27}})<hr/>''with'' '''[[Theodosius (son of Maurice)|Theodosius]]''' (590–602)}}{{Efn|name=co-emperor}}
| Born in 539 at [[Arabissus]], [[Cappadocia]]. Maurice became an official and later a general of the Byzantine army in the East under Tiberius II, achieving notable successes against the Sassanian Empire during the Byzantine–Sassanian War of 572–591.{{sfn|Stephenson|2022|pp=103, 222–223}} He married the daughter of Tiberius II and was proclaimed emperor on 13 August 582 after Tiberius II's death.{{sfn|Stephenson|2022|pp=223–224}} Maurice fought wars against the Sassanian kingdom on the eastern front of his empire, the Avars and Slavs for control over the Balkans, and reinforced Byzantine holdings in Ravenna and Carthage.{{sfn|Stephenson|2022|pp=224–232}} He is best remembered for his contributions to Byzantine military theory, notably his treatise [[Strategikon of Maurice|''Strategikon'']], a manual on warfare.{{sfn|Stephenson|2022|p=225}} Maurice named his son [[Theodosius (son of Maurice)|Theodosius]] as co-emperor in 590. Deposed by a centurion named Phocas, he was captured and executed on 27 November 602 along with his family at [[Chalcedon]].{{sfn|Stephenson|2022|pp=231, 236–238}}

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| [[File:Phocas (cropped3to4).jpg|100px|alt=statue portrait]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | '''[[Phocas]]'''<br/>{{Small|''Focas''}}
| 23 November 602 – 5 October 610<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|602|11|23|610|10|5}})}}
| Subaltern in the Balkan army, he led a rebellion that deposed Maurice. Increasingly unpopular and tyrannical, he was deposed and executed by Heraclius.

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