Justinian Syllabification: (Jus·tin·i·an)Pronunciation: /jəˈstinēən/Definition of Justinian (483–565), Byzantine emperor 527–565; Latin name Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus. He regained North Africa from the Vandals, Italy from the Ostrogoths, and Spain from the Visigoths. He codified Roman law 529. Justinian in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Justinian in the British & World English dictionary
