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saving their legacy, recovering area for the Roman Empire, and safeguarded the Roman religion (Christianity). The Byzantine empire was a Greek talking expansion of the Roman Empire amid the season of 330 AD to 1453. The capital was a city named Constantinople, which is presently called Istanbul. All through its reality, the realm was the most effective monetary, social, and military compel in Europe making it the ideal chance to be revived, instead of remade. Justinian restored the Roman Empire when

Justinian was a powerful emperor, who reconquered previously owned Roman land. During his time of reign, he helped the Byzantine Empire reach its peak in culture and propeserity. Although some see him as deceptive, as it says in document two“ Justinian was crafty, hypocritical, secretive by temperament, and two faced”. Others say he was “similar to God, who rules all” which is said in document three. He left behind what is still remember today. Achievements and accomplishment of Justinian are what

into the oldest and longest lasting empire in our history. It began with Constantine the Great's triumph of Christianity. He then transferred his capital from Rome to the refounded Byzantium in the early 4th century, year 330 AD, and named it Constantinople after himself. This city became the surviving safe spot after the breakup of the Western Roman empire by the 5th century. It was by far the largest and richest city in Christendom during the Middle Ages with a population of about one million

The Hagia Sophia is located in Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul is part of two continents Europe and Asia. At one point with four Empires, Istanbul was one of the largest cities in the world. Istanbul used to be called Constantinople; it was named after the ruler Constantine the Great, who is the first Christian Emperor. After Constantine was ruler then came Justinian, who in the 6th century wanted a cathedral; he turned to two men to help build it. They were Isidore the Elder and Anthemius. It took less

Justinian I, commonly known as Justinian the Great, was the Eastern Roman Emperor from 527 until he died on November 14th 565 when he was 82 years old. Which is pretty old in Ancient Rome because the average lifespan was 35 years and in the “ancient world” at least half of the kids in Rome died before the age of 10. Surprisingly, Justinian lived 47 years more than the “average” man. He is considered a saint by Eastern Orthodox Christians. Justinian simplified Roman laws. These are now called Corpus

4 Bethany Brady Name ________________________________ Hour _____ The Dark Ages 94 Min Part I Sacking of Rome 1. What happens on August 24, 410 AD? - The Roman Empire Falls. 2. Why did the Visigoths attack Rome? Power Money 3. TRUE FALSE* ** Desperation/Food Allerak's attacks were the only reason Rome fell. 4. The Romans hired foreign soldiers to help protect their borders. What term describes such a soldier? Legion *** Visigoth Mercenary 5. The next 7 centuries, spanning

The fall of the Western Roman Empire in the late fifth century plunged Europe into a long period of darkness and barbarism. This era until the dawn of the ‘age of discovery’ in the sixteenth century was later termed to be the ‘Middle Ages’. While this epoch of European history is labeled as ‘middle’ or even ‘dark’, it was during this time that many social, political and cultural developments took place. The obliteration of the great Roman Empire left Europe prey for disunity and continuous foreign

Early Christian art was highly influenced by religious, political, and cultural changes. In contrast to the classical, idealistic portrayal of man, Early Christian art took a much more stylized approach to the depiction of man, with a neglected attention to human anatomy. The subject matter of much of the art turned from secular to religious; Christianity to be more specific. Constantine was the last emperor of the Roman Empire to hold undivided power. Under his rule, Constantine created the Edict

began to force on the Eastern Empire. In 489 the king of the Ostrogoths, Theodoric, went to Constantinople to accept an invitation from the emperor to lead his people into Italy to overthrow Odoacer, a general from a long line of other generals

from that time. The well known church of Saint Mark's in Venice, Italy has almost the same plan as the Little Metropolitan, another famous Byzantine church but is many times larger. Starting in 1063, it was most likely copied from a church in Constantinople. The domes, similar to those in Hagia Sophia, have a ring of windows at their bases to let in light. The sunlight that shines on the gold mosaics makes the domes look like golden shells are hanging in the air. The idea behind the design is to