Justinian I (482 to 14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565, whose reign pursued a partial restoration of the defunct Western Roman Empire through campaigns that recovered North Africa, Italy, and part of Spain from the Vandals, Ostrogoths, and Visigoths. His most enduring legacy is the uniform rewriting of Roman law known as the Corpus Juris Civilis, which was applied throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and still underlies civil law in many modern states. His reign also produced a flowering of Byzantine culture, including the building of the Hagia Sophia, though it was troubled by religious conflict between Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians.
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