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Byzantium |
old Greek city, renamed Con-stantinople, that became the center of the ByzantineEmpire; present-day Istanbul |
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Constantinople |
the capitol of the Byzantine Empire |
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Commodus |
Ancient Roman Emperor who succeeded his father, Marcus Aurelius, and began the decline of the Roman Empire |
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Diocletian |
Ancient Roman emperorwho restored orderand strengthened the economy of the Roman Empire, dividing it into two parts |
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Romulus Augustulus |
Last emperor of the western Roman Empire in A.D. 476. At age twelve he reigned for only eleven months |
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auction |
to sell something to the
highest bidder |
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pope |
the leader of the Roman
Catholic Church |
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pillage |
to rob |
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vandal |
a person who destroys property |
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Byzantine Empire |
an empire of lands formerly party of the Roman Empire with it's center at the city of Constantinople |
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Byzantine Orthodox Church |
the early Christian church, in the Eastern Roman Empire, of which the emperor was head |
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Roman Catholic Church |
the early Christian church, in the Western Roman Empire, of which the pope was head |