Roman Emperor Justinian I or Justinian the Great (Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus) (482/483–565 CE) is known for his reorganization of the government of the Roman Empire and his codification of the laws, the Codex Justinianus, in 534 CE. Some call Justinian "the last Roman," which is why this Byzantine emperor makes it to this list of important ancient people that otherwise ends in 476 CE. Under Justinian, the Hagia Sophia Church was built and a plague devastated the Byzantine Empire.
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