1. 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

2. Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων / Basileia tōn Rhōmaiōn
Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire
Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων / Basileia tōn Rhōmaiōn
İmperium Romanorum
330?-1453?

3. Possible ingredients of the Byzantine soup
Roman in law and administration
Orthodox Christian in religion
Greek in culture and language

4. 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

5. Late Roman/Early Byzantine period
( )

6. 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

7. Third century crisis

8. Diocletian ( )
Constantine the Great
( )

9. Foundation of Constantinople
330
Constantine’s Christianity
325

11. Europe year 500

12. Justinian ( )

14. 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
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