Justinian

21 hrs. 54 min.

Language Russian

Author Sergey Dashkov

Narrator Mikhail Kitel

Description

The next volume of the series is devoted to Emperor Justinian I, who ruled the Byzantine state in the mid-sixth century. In an engaging, partly fictionalized form, the author tells about the labors and achievements of one of the most remarkable rulers in the history of the early Middle Ages. The builder of Hagia Sophia, the creator of a legal code that laid the foundations for all European legislation—by an incredible expenditure of effort he managed to restore the former might of the Roman Empire, bringing Italy, part of Spain, and North Africa under the rule of Constantinople. As the author shows, the life of Justinian is a vivid example of how an energetic, hardworking, talented person shapes world history.
The book also includes a concise outline of the history of the Byzantine Empire up to Justinian, highlights many aspects of everyday life of the Byzantines, and offers vivid portraits of the emperor’s contemporaries—his wife Theodora, who rose to the pinnacle of power from the very bottom of society; the brilliant commander Belisarius; the historian Procopius of Caesarea, filled with secret hatred for the imperial couple; and many others.