The new Emperor Justin II comes to power with the conviction that the Roman Empire should not be paying tribute to anyone. But after cancelling subsidies to the Avars, the Ghassanids and the Persians he finds himself with war and disaster on all sides.
Period: 565-574
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Good to see the story continuing past Justinian and going into stuff I know much much less about. Keep it up 😀