The Byzantine Empire 476 1453

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The Byzantine Empire476 - 1453
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power of Rome had already transferred here
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Constantinople
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Constantinoples walls
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Second Rome but they spoke Greek
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The Byzantine Empire preserved
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Romes government
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Roman law
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Roman military
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New weapon Greek Fire
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Roman culture
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Christianity
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Great works of Greece and Rome preserved.

• Greek? Latin? Greek?
• (laterArabic? Latin? European languages)
• What is the significance of all these
  translations of Aristotle and other great
  writers????

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Art -- Icons
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Why did they not want statues?
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Mosaics
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Justinian 527-565
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Theodora
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Nika Rebellion
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The Hagia Sophia
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Justinian preserves Roman law!
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Procopius The Secret History Showing the Danger
of Interfering with a Woman's Intrigues How
Theodora Humiliated the Conqueror of Africa and
Italy How Theodora Tricked the General's
Daughter Ignorance of the Emperor Justin, and
How His Nephew Justinian Was the Virtual Ruler
Outrages of the Blues Character and Appearance
of Justinian How Theodora, Most Depraved of All
Courtesans, Won His Love How Justinian Created a
New Law Permitting Him to Marry a Courtesan How
the Defender of the Faith Ruined His Subjects
Proving That Justinian and Theodora Were
Actually Fiends in Human Form Perceptive
Affability and Piety of a Tyrant Justice for
Sale How All Roman Citizens Became Slaves What
Happened to Those Who Fell Out of Favor with
Theodora How Justinian Killed a Trillion People
How He Seized All the Wealth of the Romans and
Threw It Away Further Corruption in High Places
How Landowners Were Ruined Unjust Treatment of
the Soldiers How He Robbed His Own Officials
How He Spoiled the Beauty of the Cities and
Plundered the Poor Other Incidents Revealing Him
as a Liar and a Hypocrite Further Innovations of
Justinian and Theodora, and a Conclusion
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4th Crusade to save Constantinople from Seljuk
Turks
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The Crusaders took over Constantinople!!
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Ottoman Turks
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Mehmet II
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Janissaries
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Istanbul