What might have happened if justinian had not survived the nika revolt?

The Byzantine emperor would have collapsed then a new monarch would have been put into place. Byzantium required a balance between church and state, the two headed eagle, so there would have had to be a new emperor, who might have a different control over the people for the better or worse.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.