The emperor under whom Justin I served as commander of the palace guard. After Anastasius died, the succession dispute gave Justin his opening to seize the throne. Brownworth notes that Anastasius, like Justin, tended toward frugality and left the imperial treasury full — a fiscal conservatism that contrasted sharply with Justinian's lavish spending.
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The emperor under whom Justin I served as commander of the palace guard. After Anastasius died, the succession dispute gave Justin his opening to seize the throne. Brownworth notes that Anastasius, like Justin, tended toward frugality and left the imperial treasury full — a fiscal conservatism that contrasted sharply with Justinian's lavish spending.
“Thanks to this, after old Anastasius died, and the usual quarrel over the succession”
“Anastasius and Justin had tended to be penny-pinchers and had left the imperial treasury full,”
“The mob had found a new favorite, another nephew of Anastasius named Hypatius.”
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