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Justin II d.578
Byzantine emperor

He succeeded his uncle, Justinian I, in 565 and married and was ruled by Sophia, the unscrupulous niece of the Empress Theodora. He yielded part of Italy to the Lombards, was unsuccessful against the Persians and Avars, and became insane.