Justinian's Role in the Elevation of His Uncle

Justinian was to prove himself a highly motivated campaigner for his uncle's interests and by extension his own. While the older man was settling comfortably into the palace, his wily nephew was building a political base of support in Constantinople. Justin let it be known that he would be happy if Prussia was brought to bear on the patriarch to overturn Anastasius' ecclesiastical policies. A crowd soon gathered around the Haggia Sophia and began agitating for the patriarch John II to restore the names of the patriarchs Euphemius and Macedonius. The Patriarch agreed amidst much excitement and chanting with no monophysite alterations.