Byzantium Becomes the New Rome

Copyright Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.

SPLITS

 Capital = Constantinople Continued as the New ROME Kings saw themselves to still be considered ROMAN emperors

Byzantine Empire

Constantinople
Survived because it was far away from the Germanic tribe invasions It was the crossroads of trade so it was successful Preserved GrecoRoman culture

 Justinian was a serious emperor who worked from dawn to midnight He helped rebuild and re-conquer Rome Had ABSOLUTE POWER = controlled both government and church

Justinian

Byzantine Under Justinian

He wanted a re-conquest of the Roman territories that were lost through Germanic invasions

Justinians Accomplishments
Sent Best general Belisarius to take North Africa from the Vandals 2 Years later Belisarius took Rome back from the Ostrogoths Justinian won back nearly all the territory Rome used to rule.

Justinian Code
Justinian set up a panel of legal experts to look through 400 years of Roman law.
Some laws were outdated Justinian wanted to create a single, uniform code

This became known as the Justinian Code that was used for 900 years after his death

Justinian Expands Trade

The main street that ran through Constantinople was called the MESE which means Middle Way
It ran from the imperial palace to the outer walls

Justinian Expands Trade

There was a giant open-air market where shoppers could buy
Tin from England Wine from France Cork from Spain Ivory and gold from Africa

Byzantium Preserves Learning

Families valued education
Sent children to monastic or public schools Hired private tutors Greek and Latin grammar, philosophy and rhetoric

They preserved Greek and Roman great works

Justinians Building Program

Launched the most ambitious public building program the Roman world had ever seen. City protected by a deep moat, and three walls that were 25 feet thick City coast was surrounded by a 14-mile stone wall

The Hagia Sophia

Justinians most splendid building Christian church later taken by the Muslims

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