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JUSTIN II . (d. 578), East
Sophia
late
bright promise, but in the face of the lawless aristocracy and defiant governors of provinces he effected few subsequent reforms. The most important event of his reign was the invasion of Italy by the Lombards (q.v.), who, entering in 568, under Alboin, in a few years made themselves masters of nearly the entire country. Justin
tribute , he fought several unsuccessful campaigns against them. In 572 his overtures to the Turks led to a war with Persia. - After two disastrous campaigns, in which his enemies overran Syria, Justin
precarious
tribute . The temporary fits of insanity into which he fell warned him to name a colleague. Passing over his own relatives, he raised, on the advice of Sophia
See E. Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (ed. Bury, 1896), v. 2-17; G. Finlay, History of Greece
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