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