Justinian and the Imperial Restoration in the West
by
Charles Diehl, H.J. Roby, J.B. Bury-020edt
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
ON 9 July 518 the Emperor Anastasius died, leaving nephews only as his heirs. The succession was therefore quite undecided. An obscure intrigue brought the Commander-in-Chief of the Guard, the comes excubitorum Justin, to the throne. This adventurer had found his way to Constantinople from the mountains...