10.5 Flashcards
old greek city renamed Constantinople that became the center of the byzantine empire
Byzantium
Ancient Roman emperor who succeeded his father, Marcus Aurelius, and began the decline of the Roman empire.
Commodus
Ancient Roman emperor who restored order and strengthened the economy of the Roman empire
Diocletian
Last ruler of the Ancient Roman empire, ruler at 12
Romulus Augustulus
to sell something to the highest bidder
auction
the leader of the Roman-Catholic Church
pope
to rob
pillage
a person who destroys property
vandal
an empire of lands formerly part of the Roman Empire with it’s center in the city of Constantinople
Byzantine Empire
the earliest christian church in the eastern Roman Empire in which the empire was the ruler
Byzantine Orthodox Church
the early christian church in the Western Roman Empire of which the pope was head
Roman Catholic Church
the capital of the Byzantine Empire
Constantinople