Associations to the word «Justinian»

Wiktionary

JUSTINIAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to Justinian I, Emperor of the Byzantine or East Roman Empire from 527 to 565.

Dictionary definition

JUSTINIAN, noun. Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope