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Byzantium

old Greek city, renamed Con-stantinople, that became the center of the ByzantineEmpire; present-day Istanbul

Constantinople

the capitol of the Byzantine


Empire

Commodus

Ancient Roman Emperor who succeeded his father, Marcus Aurelius, and began the decline of the Roman


Empire

Diocletian

Ancient Roman emperorwho restored orderand strengthened the economy of the Roman Empire, dividing it into two parts

Romulus Augustulus

Last emperor of the western Roman


Empire in A.D. 476. At age twelve he reigned for only eleven months

auction

to sell something to the



highest bidder

pope

the leader of the Roman



Catholic Church

pillage

to rob

vandal

a person who destroys property

Byzantine Empire

an empire of lands formerly party of the Roman Empire with it's center at the city of Constantinople

Byzantine Orthodox Church

the early Christian church, in the Eastern Roman Empire, of which the emperor was head

Roman Catholic Church

the early Christian church, in the Western Roman Empire, of which the pope was head