5 giug 527 anni - Justinian
Descrizione:
- born to peasant parents
- adopted by an uncle who was an emperor
- "last Roman"
- last to speak Latin as most of the population will speak Greek instead
- wanted to unify all of Rome
- only conquers North Africa (from Vandels) and Italy (from Ostrogoths)
- claims a lot of land which results in a population vacuum
- places more taxes on people in order to fund army
-fails to hold a firm grip on reconquered territories
- expeditions drained the empires low resources
Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:
W&E UNIT 1
second semester
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