who is Justinian and Charlemagne
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Both Justinian And Charlemagne Tried Strengthening Their Empires But Only Charlemagne Succeeded. Charlemagne Gained Power Of Central Europe And Italy, Justinian Tried Regaining Power On Territories In The East, But Had To Stop Trying Because Of Threats On The West.
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Emperor Justinian ruled from 527-565. He was born in an Illyrian village to a peasant family and joined the army at an early age. He quickly rose in rank, as his uncle Justin was the emperor at that time. He married an actress named Theodora and shortly before his uncle died he claimed the throne. He is noted for various achievements throughout his unusually long reign (there were a whole string of short-lived emperors between Theodosius and him). These included the recapture of many of the western provinces of the empire, the collection of all Roman law, and the building of the Hagia Sophia. These achievements were not ,however, universally admired, one of his biographers, Procopius, gives us an entirely different view of events and when his accomplishments are mentioned are it is only in a spiteful manner. So there are distinctly different views of his success.