# Praejecta > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Praejecta > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Praejecta.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praejecta > Source revision: 1256340014 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Praejecta** or **Praiecta** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Πραιέκτα) was sister to [Byzantine emperor](/source/Byzantine_emperor) [Justin II](/source/Justin_II) and a niece to [Justinian I](/source/Justinian_I) (r. 527–565). ## Biography Praejecta was a daughter of [Vigilantia](/source/Vigilantia) and Dulcidio (or Dulcissimus), respectively the sister and brother-in-law of Emperor Justinian. She was also a sister of the later Byzantine emperor [Justin II](/source/Justin_II) (r. 565–578) and the *[patricius](/source/Patrikios)* [Marcellus](/source/Marcellus_(brother_of_Justin_II)).[1] She was initially married to the *[patricius](/source/Patrikios)* [Areobindus](/source/Areobindus_(died_546)), a senator of noble birth.[2] In 545, as the situation in [Africa](/source/Praetorian_prefecture_of_Africa) had gotten out of control following the death of [Solomon](/source/Solomon_(magister_militum)) and his replacement by his incompetent nephew Sergius, Areobindus, although having no prior military experience, was dispatched there with a small force.[3] Areobindus was placed as joint commander with Sergius, but the two generals did not agree, with predictably disastrous results for the Byzantine imperial effort: the imperial forces were severely defeated at Thacia, although they managed to kill the rebel [Stotzas](/source/Stotzas). Following this, Sergius was relieved and Areobindus was installed in his stead.[4][5] Soon, however, (March 546) he was murdered in a military mutiny led by [Guntharic](/source/Guntarith), the *dux Numidiae*. Praejecta and her sister-in-law had been sent to safety to a fortified [monastery](/source/Monastery) in [Carthage](/source/Carthage), but when Guntharic took over the city, they were removed from there. Guntharic, who probably intended to marry Praejecta, kept her under house arrest but treated her well.[5][6] After Guntharic's assassination by the [Armenian](/source/Armenians) [Artabanes](/source/Artabanes_(general)) in May and the restoration of Byzantine imperial rule, Praejecta rewarded him with a large sum of money and became engaged to him. Once she was back at Constantinople, Artabanes followed, but Empress [Theodora](/source/Theodora_(wife_of_Justinian_I)) discovered that he was already married and forbade the union.[5][7] Artabanes was enraged by this affair, and it contributed to his involvement in the failed [conspiracy](/source/Conspiracy_(political)) to overthrow Emperor Justinian in late 548.[8] Praejecta was instead married off to [John](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_(son_of_Pompeius)&action=edit&redlink=1), son of Pompeius and grandson of [Hypatius](/source/Hypatius_(consul_500)),[9] a marriage which took place sometime in 546–548.[10] ## References ### Citations 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992](#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992), pp. 428, 816, 1048. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992](#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992), pp. 107, 1048. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992](#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992), p. 107; [Bury 1923](#CITEREFBury1923), [Volume 2, pp. 145–146](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/BURLAT/17*.html#p145). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992](#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992), p. 108. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bury146_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bury146_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Bury146_5-2) [Bury 1923](#CITEREFBury1923), [Volume 2, p. 146](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/BURLAT/17*.html#p146). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992](#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992), p. 1048. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992](#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992), pp. 127–128, 1048. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** cf. [Bury 1923](#CITEREFBury1923), [Volume 2, pp. 67–69](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/BURLAT/15C*.html#p67); [Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992](#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992), p. 128. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMartindaleJonesMorris1992665_9-0)** [Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992](#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992), p. 665. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992](#CITEREFMartindaleJonesMorris1992), pp. 664, 1049. ### Sources - [Bury, John Bagnell](/source/John_Bagnell_Bury) (1923) [1889]. [*History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.)*](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/BURLAT/home.html). Vol. II. New York, New York and London, United Kingdom: Macmillan & Company Limited. - Martindale, John Robert; Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin; Morris, J., eds. (1992). [*The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ElkwedRWCXkC). Vol. III: A.D. 527–641. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-521-20160-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-20160-5). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Praejecta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praejecta) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praejecta?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.