Justin (general)
Justin ( Flavius Mar [c] ianus (?) Petrus Theodorus Valentinus Rusticius Boraides Germanus Iustinus ; † 566 in Alexandria in Egypt ) was a son (probably the eldest) of the Eastern Roman general Germanus and his wife Passara and thus a great cousin of Emperor Justinian .
Life
Born after 525, Justin held the consulate at a very young age in 540 . Although almost still a child, he was already a vir illustris at this point and was a pro forma comes domesticorum . As an adult he was then, like his father and brother Justinian , a talented general and fought against plundering Slavs in the Balkans and, from 554, against the Persian Sassanids in the Caucasus . In 557 he was appointed magister militum per Armeniam , and thus de facto commander in chief in the Persian war.
After peace was made with the Sassanids in 562, Justin was transferred to the Danube Front. At the time of Emperor Justinian's death in November 565, he held an important command there ( magister militum per Illyricum ?) And was considered the most promising candidate for Justinian's successor. But since he was not in Constantinople, he did not get a chance. Instead, the curopalatus Flavius Iustinus ( Justin II. ), Another nephew of Justinian, was proclaimed emperor, mainly because of his good contacts in the palace. Justin was ordered to Alexandria shortly afterwards and murdered there a little later, presumably on behalf of the new emperor and allegedly due to the influence of his wife Sophia .
literature
- Gudrun Bühl: The Consular Diptych of Justinus. In: Ludwig Wamser (ed.): The world of Byzantium - Europe's eastern heritage. Splendor, crises and survival of a thousand-year-old culture (= series of publications by the State Archaeological Collection. Vol. 4, ZDB -ID 2045851-4 ). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2004, p. 46.
- Arnold HM Jones, John R. Martindale, John Morris: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire . Volume 3: John R. Martindale: AD 527-641. Volume A: Abandanes - 'Iyād ibn Ghanm. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1992, ISBN 0-521-20160-8 , pp. 750 ff.
Remarks
- ^ So in the Chronicle of John of Biclaro , sub anno 568.
- ↑ Euagrios Scholastikos , Church History 5,1f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Justin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Eastern Roman general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 566 |
| Place of death | Alexandria |