Chapter 10.5 Flashcards
An old Greek city, renamed by constanople, that became the center of the byzantine Empire, present day istanbul
Byzantium
the capital of the Byzantine Empire
Constinople
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 strenghened the economy of the Roman empire, dividing it in two parts
Diocletian
Last emperor of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476 at age twelve and reigned for only eleven months
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 its center at the city of constinople
Byzantine Empire
the early Christian church in the Eastern Roman Empire of which the emperor was head
Byzantine-Orthodox Church
the early christian church in the Western Roman empire in which the pope was head
Roman Catholic Church