The Byzantine Empire

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The Byzantine Empire
crusades.boisestate.edu/Byzantium/
The Imperial Symbol of the Roman Empire. The
three vertical sections represent the three
Persons of the Holy Trinity, the color gold
represents the glory of heaven, the two purple
bars represent the two natures of Christ and His
two comings. The color purple represents the
color of royalty. The color red represents the
blood of Christ and of the martyrs, the cross
represents the death of Christ as the center of
all human history, and the chi-rho overlapping
the cross are the first two letters in Christ.
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I. Growth of the Empire

• 1. Emperors Dictators
• a. Military rule
• b. Strict control over Church
• -Eastern Orthodox
• 2. Fought to protect territory
• a. North Germanic tribes
• b. East Muslims

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I. Growth of the Empire continued

• 3. Emperor Justinian
• a. Increased territory
• -Italy, Spain
• b. Code of Justinian
• -universal laws
• c. Effective ruler
• -after his death
• -Byzantium lost power

Justinian
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II. Fall of the Byzantine Empire 1100s AD

• 1. Turkish Muslims Attacked
• 2. Emperor asked Pope for help
• a. Pope Urban II
• b. Council of Clermont
• -Crusades
• c. Crusaders got greedy
• -Captured Constantinople
• 3. 1453AD Turkish Ottomans Attacked
• a. End of Byzantine Empire
• b. Start of Ottoman Empire