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Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire also known as the Eastern half. A high-ranking nobleman who succeeded his uncle to the throne known as Justinian. Justinian being a significant leader later on rebuilt the crumbling fortifications of Constantinople, built vast and complex buildings, created new laws known as the Justinian codes, and the Byzantine Missionaries convert the Slavs. Nemours of laws were outdated so Justinian created the Justinian code.The Justinian code is a panel…

The Byzantines ruled from 330 C.E. until 1453. After the Roman Empire fell, the emperor Constantine moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium. Byzantium, also known as Constantinople and Istanbul, is now located in present day Turkey. After Constantine built up Byzantium to be a very nice place, he named it after himself; Constantinople. During the Byzantines 1,000 year history, they achieved many things that most people haven’t learned, because of the lack of focus on the Byzantines in schools.…

God in the Christian faith. The Hagia Sophia remained a house of Christianity for more than nine hundred years. When Constantinople was captured during the Fourth Crusade, the Hagia Sophia was ransacked and desecrated by invaders. During the Fourth Crusade’s Latin Occupation, the previously Orthodox church was converted into a…

Throughout the long rule of the Roman empire, 100 C.E. to 600 C.E., there have been many changes and continuities in this classical era. These include both political and cultural impacts such as the formation of a centralized government, the spread of the Latin and Greek languages, and the transition of religion. A political continuity would be the fact that Roman laws were based on the Greek’s foundation of democracy. During the Roman Republic, a constitution was developed which characterized…

(Sherman 107) “History of Roman Law since Justinian” (Sherman 14) Flavius Anicus Justinian was one of the most famous emperors of all time, and ruled out of the great city of Constantinople. He was born in the small town of Illyria in 483, which is located in the Balkan peninsula. Justinian learned from the best in Constantinople, and most likely received legal training while there. After his education, Justinian spent six years constructing a codification of roman law that encompassed his…

observation made from “A Short History of Byzantium” shows that people of the Islamic religion were completely surrounding Constantinople in 1050 CE (Doc A). Although the Islamic world was so strong and large at the time, Byzantium people were still capable to keep them out of Constantinople. Because of this remarkable achievement, the Eastern Orthodox Church still…

The Fourth Crusade : The Byzantine Perspective The sacking of medieval Constantinople by the Crusaders during the Fourth Crusade was an event that shocked the people of the medieval ages and triggered a domino sequence that eventually led up to the destruction of one of the most beautiful civilizations in the history of mankind, Byzantium. The reasons behind the barbaric actions taken by the Latin Christians when they attacked their fellow Christians, instead of defending Christianity and the…

During the early Roman Empire period in 330 A.D. Constantine the Great became the first emperor of the Roman Empire. He relocated Rome's capital to the far east of Byzantine. He also renamed it Constantinople which was named after him. Many people called it the New Rome. Constantine gave the city a new political status of power. Byzantium’s studied from Greek and Roman culture to keep their government organized. Not knowing their empire was on a decline they were forced to divide it into Eastern…

The Byzantine Empire was a great empire. The Emperor of Rome Constantine, moved the capital of Rome to Byantium, a small seaside town in Turkey. He named it after himself, it was called Constantinople. Constantinople built up lavishly , the city soon grew to 500,000 people. It later was the home of Hagia Sophia and much more great archetechture. Some things that were important to the Byzantines were trade, law, and religion. One thing that was important to the Byzantine Empire was law.…

nuns affiliated with the Church taught reading and writing and ran hospitals for the needy. Pope Gregory I used Benedictine monks as diplomats/missionaries. He sent them to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons. The Byzantine Empire had a very strong military. He used his military and his best commander Belisarius to reconquer Northern Africa circa 533 CE. Most of Belisarius’ success was because of his superior tactics in battle. The Byzantines used the kantos, an overhand thrusting spear, before…