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Noun: Justinian the Great
  1. Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (482-565)
    - Justinian, Justinian I

Type of: emperor

Encyclopedia: Justinian the Great