Translated by Anna Sosenko.
The book explores the history of Justiniana Prima, a city built by Emperor Justinian I (527-565) in his birthplace near Niš in present-day Serbia. Previous studies focused on determining the city's location, underestimating the significance of analyzing written sources for the reconstruction of this city's genesis and importance. Using information from Emperor Justinian's Novels XI and CXXXI, as well as Book IV of Procopius of Caesarea's "De aedificiis", Stanisław Turlej endeavors to show that Justiniana Prima's historic significance resulted from granting its Church the status of an archbishopric with its own province in 535, which was independent of Rome. Justinian wanted to introduce profound changes to the ecclesiastical organization based on state law.
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Author(s): Stanisław Turlej
Series: Jagiellonian Studies in History, 7
Publisher: Jagiellonian University Press
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 242
City: Kraków
Abbreviations 7
Introduction 9
Chapter I: The main literature on Justiniana Prima 23
Chapter II: An analysis of Novels XI and CXXXI 47
An analysis of Novel XI 47
A critical analysis and literal interpretation of Novel XI 49
The legal aspect of establishing the archbishopric of Justiniana Prima 71
Novel XI as a document 74
The preparation of Novel XI as an imperial document 78
An analysis of Novel CXXXI 81
Chapter III: An analysis of Procopius of Caesarea's account of Justiniana Prima 87
Chapter IV: The history of Aquis in Justinian's times 125
Chapter V: The circumstances surrounding the establishment of the archbishopric of Justiniana Prima 135
Illyricum 136
The historical background of the establishment of the archbishopric of Justiniana Prima 174
Chapter VI: The history of Justiniana Prima after 535 193
Conclusion 204
Bibliography 211
Index of persons 237
Index of geographical names 239
