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Headword:
Ἰουστῖνος
Adler number: iota,449
Translated headword: Ioustinos, Justinus, Justin
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Emperor of the Romans, extremely orthodox. "He was ignorant of all letters and indeed what they call analphabetic."[1]
This man founded both the golden dining-hall in the Palace and the Saint Paul, the orphans' home.[2]
And elsewhere: "... the prevailing opinion concerning the emperor Justin, that he was very dignified and precise."[3]
Greek Original:Ἰουστῖνος, ὁ βασιλεὺς Ῥωμαίων, ὀρθοδοξότατος. ἦν δὲ ἀμάθητος γραμμάτων ἁπάντων καὶ τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον ἀναλφάβητος. οὗτος κτίζει καὶ τὸν ἐν τῷ Παλατίῳ χρυσὸν τρίκλινον καὶ τὸν ἅγιον Παῦλον, τὸ ὀρφανοτροφεῖον. καὶ αὔθις: τὴν περὶ βασιλέως Ἰουστίνου κρατήσασαν δόξαν, ὥς ἐστι μάλα ἐμβριθής τε καὶ κατηκριβωμένος.
Notes:
Reigned 518-527: De Imperatoribus Romanis entry at web address 1.
[1]
Procopius,
Secret History 6.11; cf.
alpha 1470,
alpha 1952.
[2] cf. Preger,
Scriptores originum Constantinopolitarum 235.1-2, 256.6-7.
[3] Part of
Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley; cf.
epsilon 958.
Web address 1
Keywords: architecture; biography; Christianity; daily life; historiography; history; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 12 February 2004@19:35:05.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (supplied notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 13 February 2004@03:12:51.
Catharine Roth (changed a word, added a link, cosmetics) on 14 February 2004@18:19:39.
Catharine Roth (added a keyword) on 4 October 2005@11:36:41.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 21 February 2007@00:20:47.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 3 January 2012@06:05:56.
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