When Justin I died of an old war wound on August 1, 527, Justinian was crowned in an extravagant ceremony. The contrast with his predecessors was stark: where Justin had been frugal and uneducated, Justinian was lavish, a subtle theologian, a good jurist, and a bold visionary — the ceremony itself proclaimed the empire stood on the brink of a new and glorious age.
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When Justin I died of an old war wound on August 1, 527, Justinian was crowned in an extravagant ceremony. The contrast with his predecessors was stark: where Justin had been frugal and uneducated, Justinian was lavish, a subtle theologian, a good jurist, and a bold visionary — the ceremony itself proclaimed the empire stood on the brink of a new and glorious age.
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