{"slug": "justin-ii", "label": "Justin II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183813", "qid": "Q183813", "description": "Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 565 to 574 (520-578)", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [520, 578], "span_label": ["520 CE", "578 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "pannonian-avars", "label": "Pannonian Avars", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "caesar-title", "label": "Caesar (title)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "balkans", "label": "Balkans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "justinian-i", "label": "Justinian I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "armenia", "label": "Armenia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sassanid-empire", "label": "Sassanid Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-army", "label": "Byzantine army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nusaybin", "label": "Nusaybin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "khosrau-i", "label": "Khosrau I", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 520, "year_label": "520 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Justin II, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 578)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364908909#Births", "title": "520", "revid": 1364908909, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 565, "year_label": "565 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Justin II succeeds his uncle Justinian I as emperor of the Byzantine Empire. He begins his reign by refusing subsidies to the Avars, who conduct several large-scale raids through the Balkan Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749296#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "565", "revid": 1364749296, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 566, "year_label": "566 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Justin II, facing an empty treasury, breaks the treaty with the Gepids that has existed since 565. King Alboin of the Lombards makes an alliance with the Avars under Bayan I, at the expense of tough conditions. They demand a tenth of the Lombards' cattle and half of the war booty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749385#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "566", "revid": 1364749385, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 568, "year_label": "568 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Justin II and his wife Sophia send the Cross of Justin II (\"Vatican Cross\") to Rome, to improve the relations with the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751316#Religion", "title": "568", "revid": 1364751316, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 569, "year_label": "569 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Justin II and his wife Sophia send a relic of the \"True Cross\" to the Frankish princess Radegund, who has founded a monastery at Poitiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349645704#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "569", "revid": 1349645704, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 572, "year_label": "572 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591: Emperor Justin II refuses to pay the annual tribute to Khosrau I, putting an end to the 50-year peace treaty established ten years earlier. The Armenians are considered allies to the Byzantine Empire, and Justin sends a Byzantine army into Persian territory, besieging the fortress city of Nisibis (modern Turkey).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801019#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "572", "revid": 1340801019, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 574, "year_label": "574 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – Emperor Justin II retires due to recurring seizures of insanity; he abdicates the throne in favour of his general Tiberius. Justin proclaims him Caesar and adopts him as his own son.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204925#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "574", "revid": 1349204925, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 576, "year_label": "576 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Baduarius, son-in-law of the Byzantine emperor Justin II, is sent to Italy to resist the Lombard conquest. He leads an aborted counter-assault against the Lombards and dies soon after.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801569#Europe", "title": "576", "revid": 1340801569, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 578, "year_label": "578 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – Emperor Justin II dies after several periods of insanity. On the advice of his wife Sophia, he has raised his general Tiberius to the rank of co-emperor (Caesar). From December 574 he has ruled jointly with Sophia, and now succeeds them as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801573#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "578", "revid": 1340801573, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 578, "year_label": "578 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – Justin II, Byzantine emperor", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801573#Deaths", "title": "578", "revid": 1340801573, "section": "Deaths"}}]}