Editing Justin I (section)

{{Short description|Byzantine emperor from 518 to 527}}
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| image        = Solidus of Justin I (obverse).jpg
| alt          = Golden coin depicting Justin I
| caption      = ''[[Solidus (coin)|Solidus]]'' of Justin I marked:<br/>{{Smallcaps|{{Abbreviation|d·n·|DOMINUS NOSTER}} iustinus {{Abbreviation|p·p·|PERPETUUS}} {{Abbreviation|aug·|AUGUSTUS}}}}
| succession   = [[Roman emperor]]
| reign        = 9 July 518 – 1 August 527
| coronation   = 10 July 518{{efn|The ''[[PLRE]]'' gives 10 July as the date of Justin's accession,{{sfn|Martindale|Jones|Morris|1980|}} following [[Zacharias of Mytilene]].<ref>[[Zacharias of Mytilene]] [[iarchive:cu31924027994726/page/n198/mode/1up|VIII, 1.]]</ref> All other contemporary authors give 9 July.<ref>[[John Malalas]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=MwEtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA230 XVII,1]; [[Evagrius Scholasticus]] [https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/evagrius_4_book4.htm IV,1]; ''[[Chronicon Paschale]]'' [[iarchive:chronicon-p/page/103/mode/1up|518.]]</ref> [[Constantine&nbsp;VII]]'s {{lang|la|[[De Ceremoniis]]}} states that he was crowned on the morning after Anastasius' death.<ref>[[Constantine VII]] ({{circa}} 956), [https://books.google.com/books?id=9VQ6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA426 ''De Ceremoniis''], I 93.</ref>}}
| predecessor  = [[Anastasius I Dicorus|Anastasius I]]
| successor    = [[Justinian I]]
| regent       = Justinian I (from 1 April 527)
| reg-type     = Co-emperor
| birth_name   = 
| birth_date   = {{circa|450}}
| birth_place  = [[Bederiana]], Eastern Roman Empire 
| death_date   = 1 August 527 (aged 77)
| death_place  = [[Constantinople]], Eastern Roman Empire 
| burial_place = 
| spouse       = [[Euphemia (empress)|Euphemia]]
| issue        = Justinian I (adoptive)
| full name  = Iustinus{{efn|His name is sometimes given as ''Anicius Iustinus'' in older scholarship,<ref>{{cite book |last = Walsh| first = Robert |date = 1839 |title = Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor |publisher = Fisher, Son & Co. |page = xxix |location = [[British Library]] |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=g0dVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR29}}</ref> but this is not corroborated by contemporary sources. The name probably derives from the fact that [[Germanus (cousin of Justinian I)]] was supposedly related to the ''[[Anicii]]'' according to the ''[[Getica]]'', although the veracity of this statement is unknown.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bury|first=John Bagnell|title=History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian, Volume 2|author-link=J. B. Bury|location=Mineola, New York|publisher=Dover Publications Incorporated|year=1958|isbn=0-486-20399-9|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280247/page/n265/mode/2up}}</ref>}}
| regnal name  = Imperator Caesar Flavius Iustinus Augustus
| dynasty      = [[Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty|Justinian]]
| religion     = [[Chalcedonian Christianity]]
}}
{{Justinian dynasty}}
'''Justin I''' ({{langx|la|Iustinus}}; {{langx|grc|Ἰουστῖνος|Ioustînos}}; {{circa}} 450 – 1 August 527), also called '''Justin the Thracian''' ({{langx|la|Iustinus Thrax}}; {{langx|grc|Ἰουστῖνος ὁ Θρᾷξ|Ioustînos ho Thrâix}}),<ref>[[Joannes Zonaras]] ({{circa}} 1140), ''[https://archive.org/details/ioanniszonaraea00pindgoog/page/n174 Epitome]'', XIV 5.</ref> was [[List of Roman emperors#Later eastern emperors (457–1453)|Eastern Roman emperor]] from 518 to 527. Born to a peasant family, he rose through the ranks of the army to become commander of the imperial guard and when Emperor [[Anastasius I Dicorus]] died, he out-maneouvered his rivals and was elected as his successor, in spite of being around 68 years old. His reign is significant for the founding of the [[Justinian dynasty]] that included his nephew, [[Justinian I]], and three succeeding emperors. His consort was [[Empress Euphemia]].

Justin was noted for his strongly [[Chalcedonian Christian]] views. This facilitated the ending of the [[Acacian schism]] between the churches of Rome and Constantinople, resulting in good relations between Justin and the papacy. Throughout his reign, he stressed the religious nature of his office and passed edicts against various Christian groups seen at the time as non-Orthodox. In foreign affairs, he used religion as an instrument of state. He endeavoured to cultivate client states on the borders of the Empire, and avoided any significant warfare until late in his reign.