Justin II
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 565 to 574 (520-578)
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He inherited an empire stretched to breaking and tried to hold it with bluster instead of tribute. The wars that followed — Persia, the Lombards in Italy — undid much of what his uncle Justinian had won, and his own mind gave out before the end.
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Justin II was Eastern Roman emperor from 565 until 578, nephew to Justinian I and married to Sophia, niece of Theodora. He took the throne with a vastly enlarged empire but far fewer resources to sustain it. Refusing to continue tribute payments, he adopted a hardline posture toward neighboring powers — a gamble that backfired. War with the Sassanid Empire reignited in 572 and went badly. The Byzantine-Lombard wars began in 568 and would drag on until 750, costing Rome much of Italy. His later years were consumed by severe mental illness. He died 4 October 578.
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