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Justinian I

Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565 CE; his reign is used in a proposed dating of a Syriac Alexander Legend layer.

Sixth-century San Vitale mosaic at Ravenna portraying Justinian and his court. Contemporary imperial art, not a photograph or a barrier scene
Sixth-century San Vitale mosaic at Ravenna portraying Justinian and his court. Contemporary imperial art, not a photograph or a barrier scenePhoto: Georges Jansoone; Wikimedia Commons. · CC BY-SAImage source

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Justinian I ruled the Eastern Roman Empire from 527 to 565 CE from Constantinople, amid major military, religious and legal developments. [1]

He appears in the Gog and MagogGog and MagogNames with different roles in genealogies, invasion prophecy, end-time nations and barrier traditions.Glossary · Click to read the explanation study because Tommaso Tesei proposes dating one layer of the SyriacSyriacA literary form of Aramaic, with an extensive Christian heritage and earlier non-Christian attestations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation Alexander Legend to his reign. This is a hypothesis about a later text's composition, not a claim that Justinian or Alexander built the Quranic barrier. A San Vitale mosaic portrays his imperial image, not the legend.

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  1. Specified source portion only; no claim to reading an entire book. Metropolitan Museum of Art historical essay opening on Justinian's reign, capital, military and religious programmes read; Tesei's publisher abstract checked separately. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 3 · 14 October 2026 · aladmin

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  2. Edition 2 · 14 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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