Justin II

Justin II
Solidus of Justin II marked: d·n· iustinus p·p· aug·
Byzantine emperor
Reign	14 November 565 – 5 October 578
Predecessor	Justinian I
Successor	Tiberius II
Born	Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	5 October 578 Constantinople
Spouse	Sophia
Issue	Justus Arabia Tiberius II (adoptive)
Regnal name Imperator Caesar Flavius Iustinus Augustus[a]
Dynasty	Justinian
Father	Dulcidio (or Dulcissimus)
Mother	Vigilantia
Religion	Chalcedonian Christianity

Justin II (Latin: Iustinus; Ancient Greek: Ἰουστῖνος, romanized: Ioustînos; died 5 October 578) was Eastern Roman emperor from 565 until 578. He was the nephew of Justinian I and the husband of empress Sophia, the niece of the empress Theodora.

Justin II inherited a greatly enlarged but overextended empire, with far fewer resources at his disposal compared to Justinian I.^{[citation needed]} He ended the payment of tributes and adopted a hardline stance against the empire's neighbors, which resulted in rekindling of war with the Sassanid Empire, and in a Lombard invasion which cost the Romans much of their territory in Italy.^[2]

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