Erica Dawn Nelson

 Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium (known also as New Rome, later Constantinople, and Istanbul today)  The Byzantine empire lasted for around one thousand years, and heavily influenced both the medieval and renaissance eras.  Architecturally, early Byzantine was just a continuation of Roman styles

 Much of Byzantine architecture are domes. They came up with various new ways of holding up their domes, they were so popular.  They were the most-used piece of architecture in their repertoire, and such monuments as the Hagia Sophia and the Hagia Irene in Istanbul still stand today to show it to us.

Homes found in the ruins of Avdat in Israel. Believed to be Byzantine homes.

An early Christian community house, also known as a church-house. This was a smaller structure created for worship when it was no longer deemed acceptable for each family to worship individually within their homes.

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