| Elevation of Justin the Elder— Reign of Justinian— The Empress Theodora— Factions of the Circus, and Sedition of Constantinople— Trade and Manufacture of Silk— Finances and Taxes— Edifices of Justinian— Church of St. Sophia— Fortifications and Frontiers of the Eastern Empire— Abolition of the Schools of Athens, and the Consulship of Rome
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| AD | Event |
| 482 or 483 | Birth of the Emperor Justinian |
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| 518-527 | Elevation and Reign of his Uncle Justin I. |
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| 520-527 | Adoption and Succession of Justinian |
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| 527-565 | The Reign of Justinian; Character and Histories of Procopius;
Division of the Reign of Justinian; Birth and Vices of the Empress Theodora;
—Her Marriage with Justinian, her Tyranny, her Virtues |
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| 548 | —And Death; The Factions of the Circus, At Rome, They distract Constantinople and the East —
Justinian favours the Blues |
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| 532 | Sedition of Constantinople, surnamed Nika
— The distress of Justinian, Firmness of Theodora,
Sedition is suppressed;
Agriculture and Manufactures of the Eastern Empire;
Use of Silk by the Romans,
Importation from China by Land and Sea;
Introduction of Silkworms into Greece;
State of the Revenue; Avarice and Profusion of Justinian;
Pernicious Savings, Remittances, Taxes,
Monopolies, Venality, Testaments; The Ministers of Justinian;
John of Cappadocia, His Edifices and Architects;
Foundation of the Church of St. Sophia, Description, Marbles, Riches;
Churches and Palaces; Fortifications of Europe; Security of Asia after the Conquest of Isauria;
Fortifications of the Empire, from the Euxine to the Persian Frontier |
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| 488 | Death of Perozes, King of Persia |
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| 502-505 | Persian War; Fortifications of Dara;
Caspian or Iberian Gates; Justin Suppresses the Schools Of Athens, and their speculations; Proclus |
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| 485-529 | His Successors; Last of the Philosophers |
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| 541 | Roman Consulship extinguished by Justinian |
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