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Group: Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians)
People: Manuel de Godoy, Prince of the Peace
Topic: East Germany, the Uprising of 1953 in
Location: Rouen Haute-Normandie France

The refusal of Justin II to continue …

Years: 566 - 566

The refusal of Justin II to continue the payment of tribute to Avar or Persian preserves the resources of the treasury, which he further increases by levying new taxes.

Praiseworthy as his refusal to submit to blackmail may seem, Justin's intransigence only increases the menace to the empire.