Justin I
... that Justin I arrived at Constantinople as an illiterate teenage peasant and died as Emperor of Byzantium?
... that <b id="mwBU8"><a href="./Justin_I" id="mwBVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Justin I">Justin I</a></b> arrived at Constantinople as an illiterate teenage peasant and died as <a href="./List_of_Byzantine_emperors" id="mwBVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of Byzantine emperors">Emperor of Byzantium</a>?