Byzantium Becomes the New Rome

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Byzantium Becomes the New Rome
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Western Rome
SPLITS
EASTERN ROME
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Western Rome
EASTERN ROME
Byzantine
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EASTERN ROME

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

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EASTERN ROME
BECOMES
Byzantine Empire
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Constantinople

• Survived because it was far away from the
  Germanic tribe invasions
• It was the crossroads of trade so it was
  successful
• Preserved Greco-Roman culture

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Justinian

• 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

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Strengths of the Empire

• Govt Officials
• Skilled, efficient, well paid
• Diplomacy
• Marriage alliances
• Military
• Well trained, weapons, armor
• Greek fire
• Strong, centralized government
• Justinian achievements.
• 1. Expanded the Empire to its maximum size.
• 2. His laws basis for much of our modern day
  laws.
• 3. Helped strengthen the Empire. It would last
  1000 years.

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Greek Fire
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Byzantine Under Justinian

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

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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.

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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• Some laws were outdated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

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Justinian Code

• Emperor Justinian chose ten men to review 1,600
  books full of Roman Law (Twelve Tables) and
  create a simpler legal code.
• These men were able to create the Justinian Code
  with just over 4,000 laws. The laws were
  recorded in four books.

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Justinian Code

• Four books
• Code useful Roman laws
• DigestRoman legal opinions
• Institutesguide for law students
• Novellaelaws after 534
• Theodora
• Urged husband to give women greater rights and
  fight during revolt.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Hagia Sophia

• Justinians most splendid building
• Christian church later taken by the Muslims

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