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Justinian is a saint of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. He was a [[Christian]] emperor who feared the effects on his empire from different religious and philosophical viewpoints. To this end he wanted a united Christian view to serve as the backbone of the people and the empire. Pagan and non-Christian thought was surpressed. Justinian even backed the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|orthodox]] clergy in denouncing other [[Christians]] as heretics. He oversaw the construction of the [[Hagia Sophia]] church in Constaninople, which was one of the most magnificent and beautiful buildings ever, until the [[Muslims]] turned it into a [[mosque]] when they conqured Constantinople in 1453, almost 1000 years after his birth.
Justinian is a saint of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. He was a [[Christian]] emperor who feared the effects on his empire from different religious and philosophical viewpoints. To this end he wanted a united Christian view to serve as the backbone of the people and the empire. Pagan and non-Christian thought was surpressed. Justinian even backed the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|orthodox]] clergy in denouncing other [[Christians]] as heretics. He oversaw the construction of the [[Hagia Sophia]] church in Constaninople, which was one of the most magnificent and beautiful buildings ever, until the [[Muslims]] turned it into a [[mosque]] when they conqured Constantinople in 1453, almost 1000 years after his birth.
== ''Secret History''==
Justinian, Theodora, and Belisarius all figure into Procopius' ''Secret History'', a book which gives a much different view of them than the traditional one.
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