Justinian was a Byzantine aristocrat and general, and a member of the ruling Justinian dynasty. As a soldier, he had a distinguished career in the Balkans and in the East against Sassanid Persia. In h

Germanus was an Eastern Roman general, one of the leading commanders of Emperor Justinian I. Germanus was Emperor Justinian's cousin, thus also a member of the ruling dynasty. He held commands in Thra