Editing Justinian II

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{{Short description|Byzantine emperor from 685 to 695 and 705 to 711}}
{{Infobox monarch
| name         = Justinian II
| image        = Justinian ii (2).png
| caption      = Young Justinian II, mosaic in the Basilica of [[Sant'Apollinare in Classe]], [[Ravenna]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hourihane|first=Colum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA4-PA157|title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2012|isbn=9780195395365|volume=2|pages=154–157}}</ref>{{efn|Justinian II is depicted as a tall young man when in reality he was 13 years old at the most. The mosaic was made before 681, as he's depicted alongside the co-emperors [[Heraclius (son of Constans II)|Heraclius]] and [[Tiberius (son of Constans II)|Tiberius]] (all of whom are depicted as being as tall as [[Constantine IV]]).}}
| succession   = [[Byzantine emperor]]
| reign        = 10 July 685 – 695
| reign-type   = 1st reign
| predecessor  = [[Constantine IV]]
| successor    = [[Leontius]]
| reign1       = 21 August 705 –<br/>4 November 711
| reign-type1  = 2nd reign
| cor-type     = [[Coronation of the Byzantine emperor|Coronation]]
| predecessor1 = [[Tiberius III]]
| successor1   = [[Philippicus]]
| regent2      = [[Tiberius (son of Justinian II)|Tiberius]] (706–711)
| reg-type2    = Co-emperor
| spouse       = [[Eudokia (wife of Justinian II)|Eudokia]]<br />[[Theodora of Khazaria]]
| issue        = Anastasia<br />[[Tiberius (son of Justinian II)|Tiberius]]
| dynasty      = [[Heraclian Dynasty|Heraclian]]
| father       = [[Constantine IV]]
| mother       = [[Anastasia (wife of Constantine IV)|Anastasia]]
| religion     = [[Chalcedonian Christianity]]
| birth_date   = 668 or 669
| birth_place  = [[Constantinople]]
| death_date   = 4 November 711 (aged 42){{efn|The ''[[Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium]]'' misquotes [[Philip Grierson]]'s ''"Tombs and Obits"'' and states that Justinian II died on 7 November,<ref name="Kazhdan, p. 1084">{{harvnb|Kazhdan|1991}}</ref> when the text clearly indicates 4 November.<ref name="Tombs">{{Cite journal|last=Grierson|first=Philip|date=1962|title=The Tombs and Obits of the Byzantine Emperors|url=https://archive.org/details/SevcenkoStudies19611992/page/n72|journal=[[Dumbarton Oaks Papers]]|volume=16|page=50|doi=10.2307/1291157 |jstor=1291157}}</ref>}}
| death_place  = Damatrys, [[Opsikion]]
| title        = [[List of Byzantine Emperors|Emperor of the Romans]]
| regnal name  = {{langx|la|[[Imperator]] [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]] [[Flavia (gens)|Flavius]] Iustinianus [[Augustus (title)|Augustus]]}}<br/>{{langx|el|[[Autokrator|Αὐτοκράτωρ]] καῖσαρ Φλάβιος Ἰουστινιανός αὐγουστος}}{{sfn|Vasiliev|1943}}{{efn|His name is rarely given as ''Flavius Heraclius Iustinianus'' in older sources,<ref>{{cite book |author = Johann George Estor |date = 1766 |title = Freiheit der Teutschen Kirchen, fürnämlich in Rücksicht auf Se. Kaiserliche Majestät, und im Betreffe der Teutschen Reichs-Stände wider die Eingriffe der Curialen zu Rom |page = 101 |isbn = 9781271731411}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Baudartius |first = Willem |date = 1632 |title = Apophthegmata christiana, ofte: Ghedenck-weerdige, leersame, ende aerdighe spreuken, van vele ende verscheydene christelicke ende christen-ghelijcke persoonen gesproken ...: alles uyt vele gheloof-weerdighe scribenten met grooten vlijt versamelt ... |page = 196}}</ref> but this is not corroborated by modern historians or contemporary coins or writings.}}
}}
'''Justinian II''' ({{langx|el|Ἰουστινιανός|Ioustinianós}}; {{langx|la|Iustinianus}}; 668/69 – 4 November 711), nicknamed "'''the Slit-Nosed'''" ({{langx|el|ὁ Ῥινότμητος|ho Rhīnótmētos}}),{{fact|date=February 2025}} was the last [[Byzantine emperor]] of the [[Heraclian dynasty]], reigning from 685 to 695 and again from 705 to 711. Like his namesake, [[Justinian I]], Justinian II was an ambitious and passionate ruler who was keen to restore the Roman Empire to its former glories. However, he responded brutally to any opposition to his will and lacked the finesse of his father, [[Constantine IV]].<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122">{{harvnb|Ostrogorsky|1956|pp=116–122}}</ref>  Consequently, he generated enormous opposition to his reign, resulting in his deposition in 695 in a popular uprising. He only returned to the throne in 705 with the help of a [[Bulgars|Bulgar]] and [[Slav]] army. His second reign was even more despotic than the first, and in 711 he was killed by mutinous soldiers.

==First reign==
Justinian II was the eldest son of Emperor [[Constantine IV]] and [[Anastasia (wife of Constantine IV)|Anastasia]].<ref name="Kazhdan, p. 1084" /> His father appointed him as his heir sometime after October 682, upon the deposition of his uncles [[Heraclius (son of Constans II)|Heraclius]] and [[Tiberius (son of Constans II)|Tiberius]].{{efn|[[Theophanes the Confessor]] states that Constantine ruled alongside Justinian after the fall of Heraclius and Tiberius. However, all the evidence indicates that he became ''[[augustus (title)|augustus]]'' only on his father's death.{{sfn|Grierson|1968|pp=512–514}}}} In 685, at the age of sixteen, Justinian II succeeded his father as sole emperor.{{sfn|Grierson|1968|p=568}}<ref name=EB1911>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Justinian II. |volume=15 |page=602}}</ref>

As a result of Constantine IV's victories, the political situation in the Eastern provinces of the Empire was stable when Justinian ascended the throne.<ref name="Moore, Justinian II">{{harvnb|Moore|1998}}</ref>  After a preliminary strike against the [[Arabs]] in [[Armenia]],<ref name="Norwich, p. 328">{{harvnb|Norwich|1990|p=328}}</ref> Justinian managed to augment the sum paid by the [[Umayyad]] [[Caliph]]s as an annual tribute, and to regain control of part of [[Cyprus]].<ref name="Moore, Justinian II" />  The incomes of the provinces of [[Armenia]] and [[Principality of Iberia|Iberia]] were divided among the two empires.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/>  In 687, as part of his agreements with the Caliphate, Justinian removed from their native [[Lebanon]] 12,000 Christian [[Maronite]]s, who continually resisted the [[Arabs]].<ref name="Bury, p. 321">{{harvnb|Bury|1889|p=321}}</ref>  Additional resettlement efforts, aimed at the [[Mardaites]] and inhabitants of Cyprus, allowed Justinian to reinforce naval forces depleted by earlier conflicts.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/> In 688, Justinian signed a treaty with the Caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]] which rendered Cyprus neutral ground, with its tax revenue split.<ref>Romilly J.H. Jenkins (1970), ''[https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;view=toc;idno=heb02890.0001.001 Studies on Byzantine History of the 9th and 10th Centuries]'', p. 271.</ref>

This enabled Justinian to turn his attention to the [[Balkans]], where much imperial territory had been lost to [[Slavs|Slavic]] tribes.<ref name="Bury, p. 321" />  In 687 Justinian transferred cavalry troops from [[Anatolia]] to [[Thrace]]. With a great military campaign in 688–689, Justinian defeated the [[List of ancient Slavic peoples|Slavs]] of [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] and was finally able to enter [[Thessalonica]], the second most important Byzantine city in [[Europe]].<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/>

The subdued Slavs were resettled in Anatolia, where they were to provide a military force of 30,000 men.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/> Emboldened by the increase of his forces in Anatolia, Justinian now renewed the war against the Arabs,<ref name="Bury, p. 322">{{harvnb|Bury|1889|p=322}}</ref> winning a battle in Armenia in 693. The Arabs met the challenge by bribing the new army to revolt. Most of the Slavic troops defected during the subsequent [[Battle of Sebastopolis]],<ref>{{harvnb|Norwich|1990|p=330}}</ref> where Justinian was comprehensively defeated and compelled to flee to the [[Propontis]].<ref name="Bury, p. 322" />  There, according to [[Theophanes the Confessor|Theophanes]],<ref>Theophanes: [https://archive.org/details/chronicle-of-theophanes-the-confessor/page/509/mode/1up?view=theater AM 6183]</ref> he vented his frustration by slaughtering as many of the Slavs in and around [[Opsikion]] as he could lay his hands on.<ref>{{harvnb|Norwich|1990|pp=330–331}}</ref>  Meanwhile, a [[Patrician (post-Roman Europe)|Patrician]] named Symbatius rebelled in Armenia<ref name="Bury, p. 322" /> and opened up the province to the Arabs, who proceeded to conquer it in 694–695.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/>

In domestic affairs, the Emperor's bloody persecution of the [[Manichaeism|Manichaeans]],<ref name=EB1911/> and his suppression of the popular traditions of those who were not of Chalcedonian origin, caused dissension within the Church.<ref name="Kazhdan, p. 1084" />  In 692 Justinian convened the so-called [[Quinisext Council]] at Constantinople to put his religious policies into effect.<ref name="Bury, p. 327">{{harvnb|Bury|1889|p=327}}</ref>  The Council expanded and clarified the rulings of the Fifth and Sixth ecumenical councils, but by highlighting differences between the Eastern and Western observances (such as the marriage of priests and the Catholic practice of fasting on Saturdays) it also compromised Byzantine relations with the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{harvnb|Norwich|1990|p=332}}</ref>  The emperor ordered [[Pope Sergius I]] arrested, but the militias of Rome and [[Ravenna]] sided with the Pope and rebelled.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/>

Justinian contributed to the development of the [[theme (Byzantine district)|thematic]] organization of the Empire, creating a new theme of [[Hellas (theme)|Hellas]] in southern Greece and numbering the heads of the four major themes of the [[Opsikion]], [[Anatolikon]], [[Thracesian Theme|Thracesion]] and [[Armeniakon]], and the naval [[Karabisianoi]] corps, among the senior administrators of the Empire.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/>  He also sought to protect the rights of peasant freeholders (who served as the main recruitment pool for the imperial armies) against attempts by the aristocracy to acquire their land. This put him in direct conflict with some of the largest landholders in the Empire.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/>
[[File:Mutilation of Justinian II - Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by Laurent de Premierfait (cropped).jpg|thumb|Mutilation of Justinian II on the orders of Leontius in 695, miniature from a 15th century French manuscript.]]
While his land policies threatened the aristocracy, his tax policy was very unpopular with the common people.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/>  Through his agents [[Stephen the Persian|Stephen]] and Theodotos, the emperor raised the funds to gratify his sumptuous tastes and his mania for erecting costly buildings.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/><ref name=EB1911/>  This, plus ongoing religious discontent, conflicts with the aristocracy, and displeasure with his resettlement policy eventually drove his subjects into rebellion.<ref name="Bury, p. 327" /> In 695 the population rose under the leadership of [[Leontius]], the ''[[strategos]]'' of Hellas, and proclaimed him Emperor.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/><ref name=EB1911/> Justinian was deposed and his [[Rhinotomy|nose was cut off]] (later to be replaced by a solid gold replica of his original) to prevent his again seeking the throne: such mutilation was [[Political mutilation in Byzantine culture|common in Byzantine culture]]. He was exiled to [[Cherson (theme)|Cherson]] in the [[Crimea]].<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/>  Leontius, after a reign of three years, was in turn dethroned and imprisoned by [[Tiberius III|Apsimarus]], who then assumed the throne.<ref>{{harvnb|Bury|1889|p=354}}</ref><ref name=EB1911/>

==Exile==
While in exile, Justinian began to plot and gather supporters for an attempt to retake the throne.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 124-126">{{harvnb|Ostrogorsky|1956|pp=124–126}}</ref>  Justinian became a liability to Cherson and the authorities decided to return him to Constantinople in 702 or 703.<ref name="Moore, Justinian II" />  He escaped from Cherson and received help from [[Busir]], the [[khagan]] of the [[Khazars]], who received him enthusiastically and gave him his sister as a bride.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 124-126"/>  Justinian renamed her [[Theodora of Khazaria|Theodora]], after the wife of [[Justinian I]].<ref>{{harvnb|Bury|1889|p=358}}</ref>  They were given a home in the town of [[Phanagoria]], at the entrance to the sea of Azov. Busir was offered a bribe by Tiberius to kill his brother-in-law, and dispatched two Khazar officials, [[Papatzys]] and [[Balgitzin]], to do the deed.<ref name="Bury, p. 359">{{harvnb|Bury|1889|p=359}}</ref>  Warned by his wife, Justinian executed Papatzys and Balgitzin. He sailed in a fishing boat to [[Cherson (theme)|Cherson]], summoned his supporters, and they all sailed westwards across the [[Black Sea]].<ref name="Norwich, p. 336">{{harvnb|Norwich|1990|p=336}}</ref>

As the ship bearing Justinian sailed along the northern coast of the Black Sea, he and his crew became caught up in a storm somewhere between the mouths of the [[Dniester]] and the [[Dnieper River]]s.<ref name="Bury, p. 359" />  While it was raging, one of his companions reached out to Justinian saying that if he promised God that he would be magnanimous, and not seek revenge on his enemies when he was returned to the throne, they would all be spared.<ref name="Norwich, p. 336" /> Justinian retorted: "If I spare a single one of them, may God drown me here".<ref name="Bury, p. 359" />

Having survived the storm, Justinian next approached [[Tervel of Bulgaria]].<ref name="Norwich, p. 336" /> Tervel agreed to provide all the military assistance necessary for Justinian to regain his throne in exchange for financial considerations, the award of a ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]''<nowiki/>'s crown, and the hand of Justinian's daughter, Anastasia, in marriage.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 124-126"/>  In spring 705, with an army of 15,000 Bulgar and Slav horsemen, Justinian appeared before the walls of [[Constantinople]].<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 124-126"/>  For three days, Justinian tried to convince the citizens of Constantinople to open the gates, but to no avail.<ref>{{harvnb|Bury|1889|p=360}}</ref>  Unable to take the city by force, he and some companions entered through an unused [[aqueduct (watercourse)|water conduit]] under the walls of the city, roused their supporters, and seized control of the city in a midnight coup d'état.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 124-126"/>  On 21 August,<ref name="Tombs"/> Justinian regained the throne, breaking the tradition preventing the mutilated from Imperial rule. After tracking down his predecessors, he had his rivals Leontius and Tiberius brought before him in chains in the [[Hippodrome]].  There, before a jeering populace, Justinian, now wearing a golden nasal prosthesis,<ref name="Norwich, p. 345">{{harvnb|Norwich|1990|p=345}}</ref> placed his feet on the necks of Tiberius and Leontius in a symbolic gesture of subjugation before ordering their execution by beheading, followed by many of their partisans,<ref name="Bury, p. 361">{{harvnb|Bury|1889|p=361}}</ref> as well as deposing, blinding and exiling [[Callinicus I of Constantinople|Patriarch Callinicus I]] to [[Rome]].<ref>Norwich, p. 338</ref>

==Second reign==
[[File:Solidus of Justinian II and Tiberius (obverse).jpg|thumb|Justinian and his son [[Tiberius (son of Justinian II)|Tiberius]], whom he crowned co-emperor in 706.]]
Justinian's second reign was marked by unsuccessful warfare against Bulgaria and the Caliphate, and by cruel suppression of opposition at home.<ref name="Norwich, p. 339">{{harvnb|Norwich|1990|pp=339}}</ref>  In 708 Justinian turned on Bulgarian Khan [[Tervel]], whom he had earlier crowned ''[[caesar (title)|caesar]]'', and invaded Bulgaria, apparently seeking to recover the territories ceded to Tervel as a reward for his support in 705.<ref name="Bury, p. 361" />  The Emperor was defeated, blockaded in [[Pomorie|Anchialus]], and forced to retreat.<ref name="Bury, p. 361" />  Peace between Bulgaria and Byzantium was quickly restored. This defeat was followed by Arab victories in Asia Minor,<ref name=EB1911/> where the cities of [[Cilicia]] fell into the hands of the enemy, who penetrated into [[Cappadocia]] in 709–711.<ref name="Norwich, p. 339" />
[[File:709 год ограбление Равенны Юстинианом II.jpg|thumb|Justinian's II punitive squad robs Ravenna after the arrest of archbishop Felix in 709.]]
He ordered [[Pope John VII]] to recognize the decisions of the Quinisext Council and simultaneously fitted out a [[punitive expedition]] against Ravenna in 709 under the command of the Patrician Theodore.<ref>{{harvnb|Bury|1889|p=366}}</ref> The expedition was led to reinstate the Western Church's authority over Ravenna, which was taken as a sign of disobedience to the emperor, and revolutionary sentiment.<ref>''[[Liber pontificalis]]'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=FOExAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA389 1:389]</ref> The repression succeeded, and the new [[Pope Constantine]] visited Constantinople in 710. Justinian, after receiving Holy Communion at the hands of the pope, renewed all the privileges of the Roman Church. Exactly what passed between them on the subject of the Quinisext Council is not known. It would appear, however, that Constantine approved most of the canons.<ref>''[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04294b.htm Pope Constantine]''. [[New Advent]]</ref> This would be the last time a Pope visited the city until the visit of [[Pope Paul VI]] to [[Istanbul]] in 1967.<ref name="Norwich, p. 345" />

Justinian's rule provoked another uprising against him.<ref>{{harvnb|Norwich|1990|p=342}}</ref>  Cherson revolted, and under the leadership of the exiled general [[Philippikos|Bardanes]] the city held out against a counter-attack. Soon, the forces sent to suppress the rebellion joined it.<ref name="Moore, Justinian II" />  The rebels then seized the capital and proclaimed Bardanes as Emperor Philippicus;<ref>{{harvnb|Norwich|1990|p=343}}</ref> Justinian had been on his way to Armenia, and was unable to return to Constantinople in time to defend it.<ref name="Bury, p. 365">{{harvnb|Bury|1889|pp=365–366}}</ref>  He was arrested and executed in November 711, his head being exhibited in Rome and Ravenna.<ref name="Kazhdan, p. 1084" />
[[File:46-manasses-chronicle.jpg|thumb|Philippicus sends his men to execute [[Tiberius (son of Justinian II)|Tiberius]]. Scene from the 12th century [[Manasses Chronicle]]|306x306px]]
On hearing the news of his death, Justinian's mother took his six-year-old son and co-emperor, Tiberius, to sanctuary at [[Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Istanbul)|St. Mary's Church in Blachernae]], but was pursued by Philippicus' henchmen, who dragged the child from the altar and, once outside the church, murdered him, thus eradicating the line of [[Heraclius]].<ref name="Bury, p. 365" />

==Legacy==
Justinian's reign saw the continued slow and ongoing process of transformation of the Byzantine Empire, as the traditions inherited from the ancient Latin Roman state were gradually being eroded. This is most clearly seen in the coinage of Justinian's reign, which saw the reintroduction of the [[Loros]], the traditional consular costume that had not been seen on Imperial coinage for a century, while the office itself had not been celebrated for nearly half a century.<ref>Grypeou, Emmanouela (2006). ''The encounter of Eastern Christianity with early Islam'', BRILL, 2006, p. 69</ref>  This was linked to Justinian's decision to unify the office of [[Roman consul|consul]] with that of emperor, thus making the Emperor the head of state not only de facto but also de jure. Although the office of the consulate continued to exist until Emperor [[Leo VI the Wise]] formally abolished it with Novel 94,<ref>{{harvnb|Kazhdan|1991|p=526}}</ref> it was Justinian who effectively ended its status as a separate political entity. He was formally appointed as Consul in 686,<ref>[[Bede]], [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book5.html Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Book V] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814160844/http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book5.html |date=14 August 2014 }} (Chapter VII)</ref> subsequently adopting the title for all the Julian years of his reign, consecutively numbered.

Though at times undermined by his own despotic tendencies, Justinian was a talented and perceptive ruler who succeeded in improving the standing of the Byzantine Empire.<ref name="Norwich, p. 345" />  A pious ruler, Justinian was the first emperor to include the image of Christ on coinage issued in his name<ref name="Kazhdan, p. 1084" /> and attempted to outlaw various pagan festivals and practices that persisted in the Empire.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/>  He may have self-consciously modelled himself on his namesake, [[Justinian I]],<ref name="Norwich, p. 328" /> as seen in his enthusiasm for large-scale construction projects and the renaming of his Khazar wife as Theodora.<ref name="Ostrogorsky, pp. 116-122"/>  Among the building projects he undertook was the creation of the ''[[triklinos]]'', an extension to the imperial palace, a decorative cascade fountain located at the ''[[Augusteum]]'', and a new Church of the Virgin at [[Petrion]].<ref>{{harvnb|Bury|1889|pp=325–326}}</ref>

The veneration of Justinian II in the Orthodox Church is the subject of debate and confusion, as there are discrepancies in different Synaxarions. The Synaxarion of Constantinople from the 10th century lists the commemoration of the "Emperor Justinian", giving no reference of the emperor's life or whether it is Justinian I or II.<ref>Συναξαριστής REF BX 393 .N54 1929 v2</ref> Contemporary footnotes comment that this must be Justinian II, since Justinian I died in heresy, a position not held by the Orthodox Church today.<ref>Gerostergios, Fr.Asterios (2004). ''The Justinian the Great The Emperor and Saint'', p. 147</ref> According to Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite, Emperor Justinian II was a bad man who lived a bad life, and he could not imagine that he would be commemorated as a saint, since in the Synaxarion of Saint Kallinikos of Constantinople on August 23, it does not say he died in repentance. Saint Nikodemos suggests this must be Justinian I, who is also celebrated the 15th of November with his wife Theodora.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2019/08/saint-justinian-ii-rhinotmetos-pious.html?m=1 | title=Saint Justinian II Rhinotmetos, the Pious Emperor of the Romans (+ 711) }}</ref>

{{Infobox saint|name=Justinian II|image=Solidus of Justinian II, 2nd reign.jpg|caption=Justinian II Solidus|titles=Emperor|feast_day=2 August|honored_in=[[Eastern Orthodox Church]] (disputed)}}

Modern English translations and some Greek Synaxarions now list either Justinian I on August 2 or make no reference to either Justinian I or II. However, there are some Greek Synaxarions that list Justinian II.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Αυτοκράτορες που έγιναν Άγιοι|url=http://3gym-mikras.thess.sch.gr/auto_agioi_istorika.htm|access-date=17 July 2021|website=3gym-mikras.thess.sch.gr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής :: Άγιος Ιουστινιανός Β' ο βασιλιάς|url=https://www.saint.gr/2195/saint.aspx|access-date=17 July 2021|website=www.saint.gr}}</ref>

==Family==
With his first wife [[Eudokia, wife of Justinian II|Eudokia]], Justinian II had at least one daughter, Anastasia, who was betrothed to the Bulgarian ruler [[Tervel]]. With his second wife, [[Theodora of Khazaria]], Justinian II had a son, [[Tiberius (son of Justinian II)|Tiberius]], co-emperor from 706 to 711.

==Fictional account==
''[[Justinian (novel)|Justinian]]'', a 1998 novel by Byzantine scholar [[Harry Turtledove]], writing under the name H. N. Turteltaub, gives a fictionalized version of Justinian's life as retold by a fictionalized lifelong companion, the soldier Myakes.<ref>According to Turtletaub/Turtledove, Myakes is a historical character, the soldier in the boat with Justinian in the Black Sea storm, according to history, who unsuccessfully urged Justinian to become less vindictive. See Turtletaub, ''Justinian'', at p. 510.</ref> In the novel, Turtledove speculates that while in exile Justinian had reconstructive surgery done by an itinerant Indian plastic surgeon to repair his damaged nose.<ref>Turtletaub/Turtledove attributes to Richard Delbrück the same conjecture, stating that Delbrück was able to cite iconographic evidence to support the conjecture. See Turteltaub, ''Justinian'', at p. 511.</ref>

==See also==
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*{{Section link|7th century in Lebanon|680s}}
*[[List of Byzantine emperors]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Sources==

===Primary sources===
* [[Theophanes the Confessor|Theophanes]], ''Chronographia''.

===Secondary sources===
* {{Cite book |last=Grierson|first=Philip|title= Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection| publisher = [[Dumbarton Oaks]] | year = 1968 | isbn = 9780884020240|volume=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIbav7CP4P4C&pg=PA512}}
* {{citation | editor-first = Alexander | editor-last = Kazhdan | editor-link=Alexander Kazhdan | title = [[Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium]] | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1991 | isbn = 978-0-19-504652-6|chapter=Justinian II|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/odb_20210521/page/1084/mode/1up|pages=1084–1085}}
* {{citation | last = Norwich | first = John Julius | title =[[Byzantium: The Early Centuries]]| publisher = Penguin | year = 1990 | isbn = 0-14-011447-5|author-link=John Julius Norwich}}
* {{Cite book|last=Ostrogorsky|first=George|year=1956|title=History of the Byzantine State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt0_AAAAYAAJ|publisher=Basil Blackwell|place=Oxford|author-link=George Ostrogorsky}}
* {{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=R. Scott|date=1998|title=Justinian II (685–695 & 705–711 A.D.)|url=http://www.roman-emperors.org/Just2.htm|url-status=bot: unknown|work=[[De Imperatoribus Romanis]]|access-date=19 November 2010|archive-date=2 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202044421/http://www.roman-emperors.org/Just2.htm}}()
* {{citation | last = Bury| first = J.B. | title =A History of the Later Roman Empire from Arcadius to Irene | volume = 2 | publisher = MacMillan & Co| year = 1889 | author-link=J. B. Bury |url=https://archive.org/details/historyoflaterro02buryuoft/page/n5/mode/2up}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Vasiliev |first=A. |date=1943 |title=An Edict of the Emperor Justinian II, September, 688 |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/2853636 |journal=Speculum |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=1–13 (5) |doi=10.2307/2853636 |jstor=2853636 |s2cid=162185288 |issn=0038-7134|url-access=subscription }}

==Further reading==
* Head, Constance (1972). ''Justinian II of Byzantium''. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
* Pratsch, Thomas (2023). "Absetzungen und Absetzungsformel in Byzanz: οἱ εὐσεβεῖς ἡμῶν βασιλεῖς χρείαν σου οὐκ ἔχουσιν" [Depositions and deposition formula in Byzantium: οἱ εὐσεβεῖς ἡμῶν βασιλεῖς χρείαν σου οὐκ ἔχουσιν]. ''Das Altertum'' '''68''' 3/4, pp. 95–116 (in German).

==External links==
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* [https://www.degruyter.com/document/database/PMBZ/entry/PMBZ14702/html Justinian II's profile] in ''[[Prosopography of the Byzantine World]]''

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