While each empire, Roman and Byzantine, were each located along the Mediterranean Sea, they shared multiple similarities and differences that shaped their empires and made them different from one another. Both the Roman and Byzantine Empires had an effective law code, however it changed from the 12 Tables to the Codes of Justinian. Another change that occurred was that the emperors of the Byzantine empire believed that they were part of God’s empire while the Roman empire didn’t really tie religion into the government. A similarity they share is that each empire continued to trade along the Mediterranean Sea trade and they also provided public works for their people. Both the Roman and Byzantine Empires had great, effective law codes and
