Byzantine art

Two thousand years ago both the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty were thriving in Italy and China respectively. These two powerful civilizations had completely opposite religions and Government structures, but yet both were able to function as a thriving societies until. Although the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire were based on two completely different beliefs and Government structures, they both had corrupt Governments by the end of their reigns that lead to a weakened army, and lead to terrible…

Little did the Byzantine empire know, they were changing entertainment for years to come. The empire was becoming enormous. It was very political, and their leader Justinian I helped influence that (he was rather sly and unjust. Through spectator entertainment). The empire had a very sturdy economy along with many trade routes (More commonly known as the Silk Road). But, most importantly the entertainment was terrific. People were pretty much “addicted” to it. The citizens loved watching the…

This paper aims to define causes of decline and fall of The Western Roman Empire through analyzing wide range of factors including its military failures, economic crisis, interior and exterior pressures. The Western Roman Empire which become known as The Holy Roman Empire established vast and powerful state through fighting with their neighbors and expanding its territories over its time of over five hundred years. But eventually, certain important political and economic problems emerged which…

political leaders began to struggle over ultimate authority of Rome. The existing conflict between Christian leaders and monarchs prompted the first religious holy war. This arose when the Turks threatened to invade the Byzantine Empire and conquer Constantinople. Emperor of Byzantine Alexius I made a plea to Pope Urban II for troops from the West to encounter the Turkish intimidation (Backman 255). Urban, wanting to reinforce the power of Christianity leadership, took advantage of the…

What Were the Primary Reasons For the “Fall” of Rome ? Have you ever wondered why Rome fell? Crash! Rome fell mostly because the people that were lazy and careless. Then there was also an outbreak of disasters. Critics argue that political instability lead to fall of Rome. Critics argue that political instability lead to the fall of Rome. However, the military mistakes lead people to think that military mistakes were the primary reason behind the decline of the Roman Empire. Two reasons to…

In the first three centuries of Roman Empire the Christianity were persecuted by the authority of empire. Behaviour towards Christianity in the Roman Empire fluctuated throughout the time period because of some events in the empire and actions of individual emperors. The conflict between Christianity and Empire was inevitable, but it wasnot on the level that the government should persecuted the Christians. The reasons that there were conflict and persecution were mostly related with political…

Hollywood draw so much attention and they are full of cursing, adultery, drugs, and sex. Entertainment is a definite distraction and distracts someone from their purpose. We get caught up in the world’s so-called entertainment and we forget. Hollywood at one point produced many movies dipicting biblical stories, maybe it can be saved. They have been doing remakes of very popular biblical movies. A well liked movie was Passion of the Christ which was directed by Mel Gibson, I was unable to…

John of Damascus was born c. 675- 749 in Damascus under Muslim rule. His father was a Christian believer that was employed by the Caliph. John followed in his father’s footsteps working for the Caliph but eventually became a monk near Jerusalem, where he studied, wrote and preached. Some of John 's writings became the cornerstone for Greek Orthodox theology, however John is most known for the support of icons in the Catholic Church. John held the position of a iconophile, which means icon loving…

What differences does Procopius see between the official and Secret History? Justinian during the reign of the Byzantium empire he had Procopius writing about him and about his government. Procopius had access to a lot of the fights that justinian fought therefore he had information from first hand and he was able to write about Justinian life. Procopius did a really good job during his life, he was the only historian who was able to write information about the Byzantium empire that it was true…

Constantine was one of the greatest emperors during the time of the Roman Empire. Christianity helped the Roman empire from not collapsing and Constantine found a way to improve both Christianity and Rome. Christianity took the blame for all problems the empire faced, Constantine was a great ruler and was the reason Rome was saved, and Constantine brought Rome and Christianity together by making it the religion of Rome. This allowed Rome to flourish and it is credited to Constantine and…