Solidus of Justin II marked: d·n· iustinus p·p· aug·
Byzantine emperor
Reign
14 November 565 – 5 October 578
Predecessor
Justinian I
Successor
Tiberius II
Born
Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died
5 October 578 Constantinople
Spouse
Sophia
Issue
Justus
Arabia
Tiberius II (adoptive)
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Flavius Iustinus Augustus[a]
Dynasty
Justinian
Father
Dulcidio (or Dulcissimus)
Mother
Vigilantia
Religion
Chalcedonian Christianity
Justin II (Latin: Iustinus; Greek: Ἰουστῖνος, translit. Ioustînos; died 5 October 578) was Eastern Roman emperor from 565 until 578. He was the nephew of Justinian I and the husband of Sophia, the niece of the Empress Theodora, and a member of the Justinian dynasty.
Justin II inherited a greatly enlarged but overextended empire, with far less resources at his disposal compared to Justinian I. Despite this, he strove to match his formidable uncle's reputation by abandoning the payment of tributes to the Empire's neighbors. This miscalculated move resulted in rekindling of war with the Sassanid Empire, and in a Lombard invasion which cost the Romans much of their territory in Italy.
Justinian dynasty
Chronology
Justin I
518–527
Justinian I
527–565
Justin II
565–578
with Sophia and Tiberius as regents, 574–578
Tiberius II
578–582
Maurice
582–602
with Theodosius as co-emperor, 590–602
Succession
Preceded by Leonid dynasty
Followed by Phocas and the Heraclian dynasty
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