Was he on the moral high ground?
>The great Theodoric who the romans greatly respected, gets succeed by his grandson,Athalaric, and his mother, Amalasuntha.
>His mother, Amalasuntha had received roman education and was very pro roman, had visited constantinople and even met Justinian.
>She dares to propose further friendly relationships with Rome.
>Her son Athalaric, and other Lombardi nobles kill her as a result, because they want their own Lombardi kingdom.
>Justinian gets the news and is furious about this.
Yep he was morally justified to create a roman retribution to this events.
>>17760187 (OP)>marries a whoreno. God almighty punished him for this by creating late antiquity little ice age.
>>17760187 (OP)Rome is always justified.
>>17760360Secret History may be bunch of bullshit. Volcanic winter of 536-550 and plague of justinian are facts. God HATED Justinian, no matter the real reson actually was. There were THREE volcanic eruptions. Picrel is not a mere concidence, that's God's wrath.