Rome & The Byzantine Empire Flashcards
Pax Romana
Peaceful time in Roman Empire
Allowed for the safe spreading of ideas
When ended => persecution of Christians
Justinian’s code
Decided legal qs like marriage slavery property inheritance women’s rights and criminal justice
4 works: the code, the digest, the institutes, and the novellae (new laws)
Made when east and west reunified
Created new laws to regulate society
Ottoman Turks
Took over Constantinople ending the Byzantine empire
Icon
Painting sculpture thing that has a religious meaning
They were destroyed during the iconoclastic movement
Scapegoats
Someone that is blamed for another person’s mistake
Inflation
In the economy, the value of money lessens so it’s not worth as much
Bosporus
A strait where Constantinople was located
Strategic for defense and trade
Hagia Sophia
Built by Justinian
Church
Eastern Orthodox
From Byzantine empire
Patriarchs
Excommunication
Pope & patriarch excommunicated each other
Don’t acknowledge the other
Constantine
An emperor of Rome
Made Christianity a legit religion
Ended the persecution of Christians
Germanic tribes
Invaded the Roman Empire a lot
Visigoths, Ostrogoths, vandals, franks etc.
Constantinople
Made capital of Roman Empire by Constantine
Became big trading place in Byzantine empire
Hippodrome
Built by Justinian
Offered entertainment for anyone of any class
Roman Catholic
West
Pope
Schism
When the church split in 1054
Hierarchy
Church set-up for Roman Catholic
Justinian
Emperor of Byzantine empire
Reunited almost all of Roman Empire as it was before
Had the Justinian code
Theodora
Justinian’s wife
Convinced him to stay and rule when rebellion
Patriarch
Highest level in Eastern Orthodox Church
City of God
Book written by Augustine
Diocletian
Restored order in Roman Empire w limited freedoms
Good military and controlled inflation
Split the empire into east and west
Procopius
Witnessed Nika riots
Writer
Paul
Wasn't a believer but then became one Helped spread Christianity Apostle Large influence on the religion Believed Christians didn't have to follow Jewish law
Byzantine empire
Eastern Orthodox
Better trade, agriculture, silk production
Urban
West
Invasions messed everything up ex: economy
Roman Catholic
