Watch The Byzantine & Ottoman Empires: Lecture 2 of 12. Justinian and the Golden Age.
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The Byzantine & Ottoman Empires: Lecture 2 of 12. Justinian and the Golden Age. After Constantinople went up in flames in the Nika Revolt of 532 AD, Justinian rebuilt the city, revised the law codes, and undertook the reconquest of the western provinces of the old Roman Empire. He succeeded magnificently and left the treasury broke.