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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 8064942, member: 84905"]I don't think that the Justinian plaque was such a fatal blow to the empire. The plague happed in 541/42, but the empire would expand and flourish for another 70 or 80 years or so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian's gravest errors were the overextension of the empire and the neglect of the eastern borders. Justinian devastated the cultural center (Italy) with an unnecessary war against the Goths. And even his wars against the Vandals in Africa were of no real benefit to the security or wealth of the empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, Justinian completely neglected his eastern borders leaving the East Roman empire completely unprepared when the Muslim invasions came that took Syria, Judaea and the African provinces with ease in the first half of the 7th century. It was the loss of these rich provinces that eventually reduced a large Mediterranean empire to a smallish Greek empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a coin from my collection. It is a solidus of Justinian minted at Rome during the period Dec. 536 to March 538.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398160[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 8064942, member: 84905"]I don't think that the Justinian plaque was such a fatal blow to the empire. The plague happed in 541/42, but the empire would expand and flourish for another 70 or 80 years or so. Justinian's gravest errors were the overextension of the empire and the neglect of the eastern borders. Justinian devastated the cultural center (Italy) with an unnecessary war against the Goths. And even his wars against the Vandals in Africa were of no real benefit to the security or wealth of the empire. At the same time, Justinian completely neglected his eastern borders leaving the East Roman empire completely unprepared when the Muslim invasions came that took Syria, Judaea and the African provinces with ease in the first half of the 7th century. It was the loss of these rich provinces that eventually reduced a large Mediterranean empire to a smallish Greek empire. Below is a coin from my collection. It is a solidus of Justinian minted at Rome during the period Dec. 536 to March 538. [ATTACH=full]1398160[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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