Were Justinians conquests good or bad for the byzantine empire?

pointless

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Good in the long run for the true Romans.

>>2490915
Italy and Spain were retarded, Africa was wise. North Africa essentially gave the Byzantines naval control of the entire Mediterranean, and Africa was taken easily. If they had focused on consolidating it, it could have become immensely profitable. Italy was a waste of men winning an impoverished and destitute country that only made the impact of the plague worse. I think the perfect end point would have been the conquest of every island in the Mediterranean along with the Vandal Kingdom.

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>drive out barbarian snowniggers from Italy
>another barbarian snownigger tribe replaces them

JUST

Pointless. A waste of time and resources.