The Byzantine Empire

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The Byzantine Empire
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A New Rome in a New Setting

• After the fall of the Western Roman Empire
• How did Rome fall again??
• A weakened empire was overrun by Germanic tribes

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Lets take a look at key vocabulary

• Here is how you write a good, no make it a GREAT
  definition
• Read the chapter
• Do not go straight to the glossaryit is a good
  starting point, but does not give you a solid
  definition
• When you come across a definition, read the
  entire section pertaining to the term
• After you finish reading, try and define the
  person, event, place in your own words
• Make sure you capture the entire story
  (beginning, middle, and end) or (the who, what,
  where, when)

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Lets do the first one together

• Justinian
• Byzantine nobleman who took the throne of the
  Eastern Empire able to conquer almost all the
  territory that Rome had ever ruled ruled with
  absolute power most famous for creating a
  uniform code of laws (Justinian Code) and
  building the Hagia Sophia after his death the
  Empire begins to fall.
• Bad definition would be leader of the Byzantine
  Empire.
• You dont know what he did, why hes important,
  etc.

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The Byzantine Empire
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Justinian

• Byzantine nobleman who took the throne of the
  Eastern Empire
• Able to conquer almost all the territory that
  Rome had ever ruled
• Ruled with absolute power
• Most famous for creating a uniform code of laws
  (Justinian Code)
• Public building program
• The Hagia Sophia
• After his death the Empire begins to fall.

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Justinians Code

• The Code
• 5,000 old Roman laws that were still useful
• The Digest
• Summarized the opinions of Romes greatest legal
  thinkers about the laws
• The Institutes
• Textbook that told students how to use the law
• The Novellae (New Laws)
• Presented laws passed after 534
• Marriage, slavery, property, inheritance, womens
  rights, and criminal justice are some areas that
  the Code regulated

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Justinians Wife Empress Theodora

• Most powerful woman in Byzantine history
• Involved in foreign affairs
• Helped write legislation
• Advocate for womens rights

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Constantinople

• Center of law, religion,
• and the arts
• Hagia Sophia
• Trade hub
• Products from Asia, Africa, and Europe passed
  through the city
• Food stands and street musicians crowded the city
• The Hippodrome
• Provided people with free entertainment

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The Great Schism

• Christianity began to develop differently in the
  Western and Eastern parts of the Roman Empire
• Eastern Christianity build heritage on the works
  of early Church fathers
• Saint Basil
• Wrote rules for the life of monks
• Saint John Chrysostom
• Patriarch (whats this word mean??) of the East
• Use of icons became a major difference between
  the West and East
• Religious images used by Eastern Christians to
  aid their devotions was banned

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The Great Schism

• Pope excommunicated the Byzantine emperor
• In 1054, the pope and the patriarch
  excommunicated each other
• Finally Christianity split between the Roman
  Catholic Church in the West and the Orthodox
  Church of the East

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How does the Byzantine Empire compare to the
Roman Empire?

• Similarities
• Took many Roman ideas
• Law, architecture, etc.
• Christian
• Continued classical studies
• Differences
• Blended culture with Greek, Roman, European, and
  Islamic elements
• Orthodox Christians
• Women actively participated in the intellectual
  life