In Art and Popular Culture
In the Divine Comedy, Dante meets the spirit of Justinian in the Heaven of Mercury, among the other blessed souls whose earthly ambitions were imperfectly aligned with the Divine Will.
Justinian was portrayed by Orson Welles in the 1968 German film Kampf um Rom I, directed by Robert Siodmak.
In the video game Civilization IV, Justinian is the leader of the Byzantine Empire.
In the comic strip Prince Valiant, Justinian abducts Prince Nathan.
In Guy Gavriel Kay's two book series The Sarantine Mosaic, Emperor Valerius II and Empress Alixana are based heavily upon Justinian and Theodora.
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