with a subordinate command in the Isaurian war.[1] A decade later he is again heard of among those who prosecuted the siege of Amida, which led to its recovery from the Persians;[2] and before the death of the Emperor he becomes conspicuous at head-quarters, with the dignities of a Patrician, a Senator, and of Commander of the household troops.[3] While holding this office he was also deputed to a command at sea, and took an active part in repelling the naval attack of Vitalian.[4]
During the vicissitudes of his life in the camp, Justin remained unmarried and childless, but he became the purchaser of a barbarian captive, named Lupicina, whom he retained as a concubine, and never afterwards repudiated.[5] While, however, he was rising to a position of importance and affluence, he was not unmindful of those relatives from whom he had separated at his native place. At Tauresium dwelt a sister,[6] the wife of one Sabbatius,[7] and the mother of two children, a son and a daughter.[8] As soon as young Sabbatius,[9] for the nephew of Justin bore his father's name, had arrived at a suitable age, he was invited to the capital by his uncle, who became his guardian, and had him educated
- ↑ Jn. Antioch. (Müller, Frag. Hist. Graec., v, p. 31); Procopius, loc. cit.
- ↑ Procopius, De Bel. Pers., i, 8.
- ↑ Theodore Lect., ii, 37; Const. Porph. De Cerim., i, 93, etc. His title was Count of the Excubitors.
- ↑ Jn. of Antioch., loc. cit., p. 35.
- ↑ Procopius, Anecdot., 6.
- ↑ Ibid., De Aedific., iv, 1.
- ↑ Ibid., Anecdot., 12; Theophanes, an. 6024. The name seems to have been common at this epoch; see Socrates, v, 21, etc.
- ↑ The girl's name was Vigilantia; Procopius, De Bel. Vand., ii, 24, etc. Probably her mother's name.
- ↑ Corp. Insc. Lat., v, 8120.
