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Anastasius I is a thoroughly underappreciated Byzantine Emperor. During his reign, he enriched the treasury by 23,000,000 solidi, and fortified much of the remaining frontier. What if Justinian, rather than squandering all of this significant wealth, was another Anastasius, of sorts, and worked to enrich the Empire financially.

IOTL, he did work out many of the kinks in the legal and taxation system, with the help of his truly singular advisors, but what if, in addition to this, he left the Byzantine Empire, rather than overextended in Italy, (I'm arguing that Sicily and the former Vandal Kingdom could have been the extent of his conquests) he left the Empire with a full treasury, rather than the empty one he left IOTL.

And yes, I'm leaving out poor neglected Justin, but I'm regarding him as largely an extension of Justinian for this scenario, due to their similar policies, and Justinian's dominance during the reign of Justin.
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