The Empire

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Across
  1. 4. Seat of Christianity
  2. 6. ______ Plague: Justinian falls gravely ill with this disease
  3. 7. Cause of Theodora's death
  4. 10. Justinian's controversial wife
  5. 11. Smuggled from China
  6. 13. Freed Justinian of the unwanted war with Sassanid Persia
  7. 16. Restorer of the True Cross, Justinian's nephew
  8. 17. Destruction of images
  9. 18. Birthplace of Justinian
  10. 19. Country reconquered from the Ostrogoths
  11. 20. The emperor's enemy in the battle of Ad Decimum
  12. 23. The castrated
  13. 24. Country reconquered from the Visigoths
  14. 25. Where Moses encountered the burning bush: St. _______'s Monastery
  15. 27. Former occupation of Justinian's wife
Down
  1. 1. The religion that Justinian defended
  2. 2. Justinian's mother
  3. 3. Branch of Goths under Theodoric the Great
  4. 5. Legal secretary to Belisarius
  5. 8. _____ Justinianus is the codification of Roman Law
  6. 9. Used for legitimizing heirs to the throne
  7. 12. Justinian's famous barbarian-defeating general
  8. 14. A title given to Justinian
  9. 15. The Council of ________ regards the natures of Christ
  10. 21. Word that means conquer in English
  11. 22. Greens and ______ are rival chariot teams that revolted against Justinian
  12. 26. Top of society; sanctioned by God to rule