Justinian the Great?

[Skullheadhq]

The conquest of Africa lasted up till the damned caliphate of evil took over in the late 7th/early 8th century. Italy only declared indepencence around 750 because of the Iconoclastic politics of the Isaurian dynasty and even then some parts of Italy remained, Basil II even expanded the Italian domains. The last Italian provinces were only lost to Robert Guiscard in the 1050's, and ~500 years is pretty lasting me think. And no, the Nika riots were not bought of, 30000 rioters were slain in the Hippodrome.

If I say that Justinian the Great was almost worshipped by law scholars up till the early 20th century, doesn't that mean he somehow deserved it.

And how you look at it, he was the best Roman emperor since Constantine I.