Justinian and Theodora
Explore Justinian and Theodora on Ever-When, an interactive timeline of history from the Big Bang to the present day.
Key events on this timeline
- Reign of Justinian I (527)
- Nika riots (532)
- Hagia Sophia (532)
- Theodora stiffens Justinian in the Nika riots (532)
- Justinianic Plague (541)
- Theodora as Byzantine empress (527)
- Byzantine reconquest of Italy (535)
- Corpus Juris Civilis (529)
- Hagia Sophia completed (537)
- Justinian marries Theodora (525)
- Vandalic War (533)
- Belisarius enters Rome (536)
- Death of Theodora (548)
- Silkworms smuggled to Byzantium (552)
- Justinian closes the Academy of Athens (529)
- Construction of Hagia Sophia begins (532)
- Codex Justinianus (529)
- First plague pandemic (541)
- Lombard invasion of Italy (568)