Rise of the Eastern Roman Empire Flashcards
Who were the rivals of the Roman Empire?
Sassanid Persian Empire
What did Emperor Constantine I do to move their empire’s capital closer to the Sassanid Persian Empire?
He built an imperial city on the ancient Greek city of Byzantium, naming it Constantinople
How did Constantine effectively reinvigorated the Roman Empire in the 4th century?
What did Constantine do?
moved himself and his administration to Constantinople
What did moving do to the empire
effectively split the Empire into two halves: East and West
What Period was happening at the same time
The Migration Period
What was the Migration Period?
the large-scale movement of peoples in Europe
What about the Migration Period threatened Roman Imperial Power?
(From 300-570 CE) Germanic, Gothic, and Slavic peoples moved into and within the Roman Empire, followed by pursuing Huns and Avars
Why/when did the west fall
to the disorder and pressure in 485 CE
What did the east continue to do
East continued and remained an effective force in the greater Mediterranean region for several centuries under mostly Greek rule and administration
What do historians refer to the Eastern Roman Empire as after 485 CE?
the Byzantines
