Justinian I

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Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Byzantine emperor

482 – 565 · 83 years · Constantinople · Middle East

Reign: 476 – 610 (Rome and Byzantium)

He reconquered Italy and North Africa, codified Roman law and built the Hagia Sophia.

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Portrait: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Contemporaries around the world

Europe

Clovis I — king of the Franks who converted and united Gaul, 16 years older

Middle East

Theodora — Byzantine empress, 18 years younger
Khosrow I — Sasanian king of kings, 19 years younger

Asia

Aryabhata — mathematician and astronomer, 6 years older

The world in their lifetime

c. 496 Baptism of Clovis — aged 14, Europe
c. 500 Rise of Tiwanaku — aged 18, Americas
c. 500 Completion of the Babylonian Talmud — aged 18, Middle East
529–534 Code of Justinian — aged 47, Middle East
536 Volcanic winter of 536 — aged 54, Europe
537 Hagia Sophia consecrated — aged 55, Europe
541–549 Plague of Justinian — aged 59, Europe