Justinian: Greatest Byzantine Emperor?

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The Eastern Roman Emperor from 527 to 565, Justinian was a ruler who infused even the most mundane tasks with spiritual and religious significance. The challenges he faced - climate change, battles over culture and identity, the first recorded global pandemic - and many of the solutions he found to address them still resonate with us today. His legacy remains all around us, in his massive building programme, in our legal systems, and in his fundamental contribution to both the formation of Christendom and the emergence of Islam. In this episode, Matt Lewis talks to Peter Sarris, author of Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint , about a man who, from the humblest beginnings, rose to become…