Editing Justin I (section)

=== Later years ===
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The later years of the reign of Justin were marked by increased tension with the Empire's neighbours, especially the Ostrogoths, and the Sassanids. In 526 Antioch was destroyed by [[526 Antioch earthquake|an earthquake]] with an estimated 250,000 deaths. Justin arranged for sufficient money to be sent to the city for both immediate relief and to start reconstruction. The rebuilding of the Great Church and many other buildings was overseen by [[Ephraim of Antioch|Ephraim]], the ''[[comes Orientis]]'', whose efforts saw him replace Euphrasius as the [[Chalcedonian]] patriarch of Antioch. Many of the buildings erected after the earthquake were destroyed by another major earthquake in November 528, although there were far fewer casualties.<ref name="Meier">{{cite journal|last=Meier|first=M.|year=2007|title=Natural Disasters in the Chronographia of John Malalas : Reflections on their Function --An Initial Sketch|journal=The Medieval History Journal|volume=10|issue=1–2|pages=237–266|doi=10.1177/097194580701000209|citeseerx=10.1.1.1025.7374|s2cid=162788360}}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{sfn|Martindale|Jones|Morris|1980|p=395}}<ref name=Sbeinati>{{Cite journal|title=The historical earthquakes of Syria: an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D|last=Sbeinati|first=M.R.|author2=Darawcheh, R.|author3=Mouty, M.|name-list-style=amp|year=2005|journal=Annals of Geophysics|volume=48|issue=3|pages=347–435|access-date=22 September 2011|url=http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/908/1/01Sbeinati.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726011234/http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/908/1/01Sbeinati.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Procopius of Caesarea]]'s Byzantine historia indicate that Justin I's mental faculties had begun to [[dementia|decline]] in his old age, going as far as to write "the Emperor, as an idiot and advanced in age, caused the laugh of the environment, and was also accused of delays in decisions and inability for his duties."<ref>Haury J, Wirth G. ''Procopii Caesariensis opera omnia.'' Lipsiae et Berolini: Teubner, 1962.</ref>