1. The Byzantine Empire
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2. Western
Rome
SPLITS
EASTERN
ROME

3. Western
Rome
EASTERN
ROME
Byzantine

4. Capital = Constantinople Continued as the New ROME
EASTERN ROME
Capital = Constantinople
Continued as the New ROME
Kings saw themselves to still be considered ROMAN emperors

5. EASTERN
ROME
BECOMES
Byzantine Empire

6. Justinian
Justinian was a serious emperor who worked from dawn to midnight
He helped rebuild and re-unite the Roman Empire
Had ABSOLUTE POWER = controlled both government and church

8. Byzantine Under Justinian
He wanted a re-conquest of the Roman territories that were lost through Germanic invasions

9. Justinian’s Accomplishments
Sent Belisarius to take North Africa from the Vandals
2 Years later Best general Belisarius took Rome back from the Ostrogoths
Justinian won back nearly all the territory Rome used to rule

10. Justinian Code
Justinian set up a panel of legal experts to look through 400 years of Roman law.
Some laws were outdated
Justinian wanted to create a single, uniform code
This became known as the Justinian Code, which was used for 900 years after his death

11. Justinian Code
Consisted of four works that that regulated areas of Byzantine life, such as marriage, slavery, property, inheritance, women’s rights, and criminal justice.
The Code (Contained nearly 5,000 Roman laws)
The Digest (Quoted the opinions of Rome’s greatest legal thinkers)
The Institutes (Textbook that told students how to use law)
The Novellae (New laws that were passed after 534)

12. Empress Theodora Most powerful woman in Byzantine history
During her husband Justinian’s reign, she met with foreign leaders, passed laws, and built churches.

13. Byzantine Culture
During a war against three rivals, Byzantine emperor Constantine prayed for divine intervention and ended up winning the battle
In 313, he announced the end of the persecution of Christians and declared Christianity to be one of the official religions of the empire.

14. Capital of Constantinople
Imported goods and products from many different countries from Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Acrobats and street musicians were a secondary form of entertainment
The Hippodrome (similar to the Coliseum) offered citizens the chance to see various chariot races and performing acts.

15. Constantinople
Survived because it was far away from the Germanic tribe invasions
Was known as the crossroads of trade, so it was successful
Preserved Greco-Roman culture

16. Byzantine Culture
The main street that ran through Constantinople was called the MESE which means “Middle Way”
It ran from the imperial palace to the outer walls

17. Byzantine Culture
There was a giant open-air market where shoppers could buy
Tin from England
Wine from France
Cork from Spain
Ivory and gold from Africa

18. Byzantine Culture Families valued education
Sent children to monastic or public schools
Hired private tutors
Greek and Latin grammar, philosophy and rhetoric
They preserved Greek and Roman great works

19. Byzantine Culture
Launched the most ambitious public building program the Roman world had ever seen.
City protected by a deep moat, and three walls that were 25 feet thick
City coast was surrounded by a 14-mile stone wall

20. Byzantine Culture Preserved and mainly utilized Greco-Roman culture
Utilized Greek educational resources from scholars such as Homer, Herodotus, and Euclid.

22. The Hagia Sophia Justinians’ most splendid building
Means “Holy Wisdom” in Greek
Was destroyed by riots in 532, but re-built by Justinian to be most splendid Christian church in the world.

25. Byzantine Impact on Russia
Because of trading, Slavs began absorbing and utilizing the Byzantine culture
Vikings founded the city of Kiev in Russia in order to sail by river and sea to trade with Constantinople

26. Byzantine Impact on Russia
Princess Olga visited Constantinople and publicly converted to Christianity
Her son, Vladimir, came to the throne, converted to Christianity, and made all of his subjects do the same
Yaroslav the Wise came to power and, like Byzantine rulers, married his sisters and daughters off to different rulers of Western Europe