Tribonian was a Byzantine jurist and advisor. During the reign of the Emperor Justinian I, he supervised the revision of the legal code of the Byzantine Empire. He has been described as one of the wisest collaborators of Justinian.
Bas-relief plaque of Tribonian in the Chamber of the United States House of Representatives in the United States Capitol.
Justinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
Detail of a contemporary portrait mosaic of Justinian dressed in a royal purple chlamys and jeweled stemma in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, AD 547
The ancient town of Tauresium, the birthplace of Justinian I, located in today's North Macedonia. Parts of the town had been destroyed during Justinian's life.
Mosaic of Theodora, Justinian's wife
The Carmagnola, an imperial porphyry head in Venice thought to represent Justinian