Justinian: emperor, soldier, saint

Introduction: Justinian

the light and the shade

Part I: The rise to power. An empire divided

From rags to riches

Succession

Part 2: A turbulent beginning. Confronting the enemy

The body of the law

The voice of the people

Building heaven on Earth

Part 3: Imperial expansion and power. The African campaign

The battle for Italy

The sleepless emperor

A new kind of power

The 'orthodox republic'

Part 4: The great unravelling. The four horsemen of the apocalypse

Propaganda and dissent

Opportunistic imperialism

Death and decline

Imperial legacies

Epilogue: End of empire.