How did justinian gain the throne? a. his father passed on the throne to him. b. his uncle made him co-emperor. c. his army took control of constantinople. d. his wife was of royal birth.

The correct answer is B. Justinian gained the throne as his uncle made him co-emperor.

His mother, Vigilantia, was Justin's sister. Justin was part of the imperial guard before being named emperor in the year 518, adopted Justinian and took him with him to Constantinople, ensuring that he received a good education.

Justin was proclaimed new emperor, with significant help from Justinian. During the reign of Justin (518-527), Justinian was the closest confidant to the emperor. Justinian showed great ambition, and it is believed that he functioned as a virtual regent long before Justin appointed him co-emperor on April 1, 527, although there is no evidence to confirm this view. When Justin began to show symptoms of senility at the end of his reign, Justinian became the de facto ruler. Justinian was appointed consul in 521, and later commander-in-chief of the eastern army. After the death of Justin I, on August 1, 527, Justinian would become the sole sovereign of the Empire.

- "despite the fact that portia lives in belmont and has many suitors, bassanio believes that he can win her heart. bassanio plans on overcoming his financial obstacles by borrowing money from antonio to travel to belmont. he then plans on marrying portia and becoming wealthy enough to pay off his debts."

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.