an idiot and advanced in age, caused the laugh of the environment, and was also accused of delays in decisions and inability for his duties." Justinian During his uncle's reign Justinian successively occupied the positions of comes domesticorum, commander of the imperial guard, patrician, and, in 521, consul. In 525, Justin repealed a law that effectively prohibited a member of the senatorial class from marrying women from a lower class of society, including the theatre, which was considered scandalous at the time. This edict paved the way for Justinian to marry Theodora, a former mime actress, and eventually resulted in a major change to the old class distinctions at the Imperial court. She came to participate in Justinian's rule with very significant and powerful influence. Justin's health began to decline and he formally named Justinian as co-emperor and, on 1 April 527, as his successor. On 1 August Justin died and was succeeded by Justinian. Legacy The Cilician city of Caesarea was renamed Justinopolis in 525, in honour of Justin I. The name persisted until the 12th century when Thoros I, king of Armenian Cilicia, made it his capital and renamed it Anazarbus. See also List of Byzantine emperors Notes Footnotes References Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obscurs. Les princes caucasiens et l'Empire du VIe au IXe siècle, 2006 External links Bury, John Bagnall, History of the Later Roman Empire, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1923 Evans, James Allan, "Justin I (518–527 A.D.)", De Imperatoribus Romanis, 1998 Gibbon, Edward, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 4, chapter xl. Encyclopædia Britannica Justin I Justinian dynasty Imperial Roman consuls 450 births 527 deaths Illyrian people 6th-century Byzantine emperors 6th-century Roman consuls Comites excubitorum Iberian War People of the Roman–Sasanian Wars Anastasian War Illiterate monarchs Illyrian emperors