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| 525 |
| | | The law is changed to allow Justinian, of senatorial rank, to marry Theodora — whom courtesy describes as an actress | |
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| 527 |
| | | Justinian becomes emperor in Constantinople, beginning a reign which will restore the empire to much of its former glory | |
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| 527 |
| | | The monastery of St Catherine's in Sinai is founded by Justinian, and will accumulate one of the world's greatest collections of icons | |
|  | Icon, St.Catherine's Monastery
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| 529 |
| | | Justinian closes down the schools of Athens, famous for their tradition of pagan philosophy | |
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| 532 |
| | | Theodora shows her mettle, as empress, in her response to the anarchy and terror unleashed in Constantinople by the Nika revolt | |
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| 533 |
| | | The Byzantine general Belisarius recovers Carthage from the Vandals | |
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| 535 |
| | | Belisarius lands in Sicily at the start of a five-year campaign to recover Ravenna for the Byzantine emperor | |
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| 537 |
| | | The great domed church of Santa Sophia, bebuilt on the orders of Justinian, is completed after only five years of construction | |
|  | Santa Sophia
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| 547 |
| | | Justinian and Theodora, each with a retinue of attendants, face each other in mosaic from the walls of San Vitale in Ravenna | |
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| c. 550 |
| | | Most of Spain is by now in the hands of the Visigoths, though for a while the Byzantines win back territories in the south | |
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