Byzantium

Latin and Greek; the divisions that had separated the two churches of the East and West forgotten. But it was to no avail. In the end, Ottoman flags were hoisted up to celebrate their victory. At last the wheel comes full circle, from the founder of Byzantium, Constantine, to the final emperor, who was, fittingly enough, also named Constantine (p. 298; 299). The argument the author makes is very hard to refute with the amount of evidence he offers; one would find it difficult not to be…

Most Roman emperors were very successful in each of their time periods and accomplished many things. But today won’t be talking about most Roman emperors. We will be talking about the reign of Constantine, his rise to power, and his fall. The ruler Constantine has appropriately been known as the most important and crucial ruler of Late Antiquity. He was born on February 27th, 272 A.D and died on May 22nd, 337 A.D. Constantine ruled from 306 A.D to 337 A.D. Constantine’s intense…

In the year 610, a merchant named Mohammed began a movement that would have lasting repercussions even to the modern era. Mohammed claimed that an angel came down to him commanding him to write, and as the angel narrated he wrote what it said, and this was the Qur’an. Within a century, this seemingly harmless or irrelevant moment would cause this new religion of Islam to violently conquer with the sword, all of Northern Africa, Spain, the Holy Land, Persia, and even acquisitioning much of the…

valuable spiritual objects it is appropriate that they be enshrined in vessels, or reliquaries, crafted of or covered by gold, silver, ivory, gems, and enamel. These precious objects constituted a major form of artistic production across Europe and Byzantium throughout the middle Ages. Reliquaries were also fashioned into full-body statues; the distinction between the meaning of an image such as the famous Reliquary Statue of Sainte-Foy, still preserved at the monastery of Conquest in France,…

split the Roman empire to an Eastern and Western empire. The reason Diocletian had to split the empire was that the Roman Empire spanned over too much land and the government could not possibly control all of it. The Eastern half was ruled out of Byzantium and the Western half was governed out of Rome. the Roman empire would then have two emperors one to govern the East and one to govern the West. Both of these sections were known as the Roman Empire. These are some of the continuities and…

him look young, a leader, and powerful. At August’s feet is a cupid on a dolphin sculpted to show him a powerful leader and emperor. Another famous building Roman’s built was the “Hagia Sophia at Constantinople” dated 537 the Hagia Sophia is in Byzantium it is…

The collapse of the Roman Empire marked the beginning of what is known as the Medieval Kingdoms. Before the complete demise of Rome, the Empire was first split into two. From this split, emerged two separate empires, the east and west. The major political, social, and cultural impacts of the transition from the Roman Empire to the medieval kingdom is due to one Emperor in particular, Justinian. The Western and Eastern Empire experienced different fates upon their separation. The Western Empire…

initially thought of the Christian preachers to be a troublesome group of rebels though they also felt threatened. Constantine would then reunite the east and west empire under his rule consecutively moving the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium which he would then rename the city Constantinople after its founder himself. “By a succession of victories over his different rivals, which it is not necessary for us to recount, Constantine became the sole ruler, and the whole empire…

Trebuchet: A machine used in medieval siege warfare for hurling large stones or other missiles. This is one of the most important and game changing weapon of all time. When the trebuchet is fired, the weight box falls and the force of gravity causes rotational acceleration of the attached throwing arm around the axle (the fulcrum of the lever). The throwing arm is usually four to six times the length of the counterweight portion. These factors multiply the acceleration transmitted to the…

These principalities were basically the Islamic warrior groups who were engaged in several military confrontations with the Christian Byzantium. This warfare was solemnly based on the religious motives. The tradition of gaza warfare is said to be the main driving force behind the formation of the Ottoman Empire. It is defined as the wars against the Non- Muslims by the Islamists just to…