Byzantine Definition: 1. very complex, extremely complex or intricate Byzantine Definition: 1. very complex, extremely complex or intricate. 2. devious, marked by deviousness or scheming. 3. carried on by underhand means
Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων / Basileia tōn Rhōmaiōn Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων / Basileia tōn Rhōmaiōn İmperium Romanorum 330?-1453?
Possible ingredients of the Byzantine soup Roman in law and administration Orthodox Christian in religion Greek in culture and language
Persia Mesopotamia Egypt Anatolia Greece /Italy Parthians Roman world Sassanians LATE ROMAN/early bYZANTıNE ISLAMIC EMPIRES MIDDLE Byzantine turkic states and crusaders ottomans/Balkan states late Byzantine 500 1000 1500
Late Roman/Early Byzantine period (300-600)
ROMAN EMPIRE: Emperor and Senate in Rome Governors sent to provinces to govern with CURIA Roman law applied to citizens Legions settled on the frontier Roman religion and Abrahamic traditions
Third century crisis
Diocletian (284-305) Constantine the Great (306-337)
Foundation of Constantinople 330 Constantine’s Christianity 325
Europe year 500
Justinian (527-565)
Arius: the son is not equal to the father Father the god Son the god Holy spirit the god (all three are persons in one essence) TRINITY Arius: the son is not equal to the father 14