Byzantine empire project
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- Fall of Rome (476A.D.)
- How could we let our lives come to this?! We had it all!
- How could we let our lives come to this?!
- The Rise of the Byzantine Empire (476A.D.)
- Haha, look how corrupt they are. We are so much better!
- Emperor Justinian (527A.D)
- I shall claim back the land that’s it rightfully ours!
- After the Pax Romana, Rome entered an era of hardship. Nothing was going their way. They had series’ of weak emperors, large trade imbalances, and a weak military.
- The Justinian Code (528-529A.D.)
- 1.The Law Code2.The Digest3.The Institutes4.The Novellae
- As opposed to the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire was still very strong. Their capital, Constantinople, was a wealthy trade city.
- The Hagia Sophia (537A.D.)
- This church is beautiful!
- About 50 years after the fall of Rome, Byzantine Emperor Justinian came to power and began reconquering Roman territories.
- The Division of Christianity pt1(1054A.D)
- I am the Pope, the one who must give you all authority as Christians.
- The Justinian Code was a reform of the Byzantine Code. The Justinian Code had 4 components: the law code, the digest, the institutes, and the novellae. It was written on a wall like the one above.
- In addition to expanding the empire & creating a uniform set of laws, Emperor Justinian also began large building projects. He ordered the construction of the Hagia Sophia to show the importance of the church. He also built hospitals, aqueducts, public baths, schools, & courts.
- Because of the distance & lack of contact between Byzantine Empire & Western Europe, Christianity developed differently. Christians in Western Europe believed that there should be a Pope to oversee bishops and give authority to all Christians
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