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Let’s travel to the European continent and go back to a period known throughout history as the Dark Ages. Many historians agree that the Dark Ages occurred in the centuries immediately following the downfall of Rome in 476 and ended with the rise of early medieval kingdoms in the 8th century AD. But one man defied the times in which he lived by restoring his empire to much of its former glory. Let’s explore the most successful of all Byzantine Emperors, the Emperor Justinian I.