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

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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

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

Byzantine Under Justinian

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

Justinian’s 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experts to look through 400 years of Roman law.–Some laws were outdated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

• 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

Justinian Expands Trade

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

Justinian’s 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

Pictures Cited• Slide 1 - http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/images/onlineproducts/byzantium.jpg• Slide 2 – http://www.canmag.com/images/front/tv/rome.jpg• Slide 3 – Clipart 2007• Slide 5 - Clipart 2007• Slide 6 - http://www.turkeyinphotos.com/Gallery/Hagia%20Sophia/hagia

%20sophia13.jpg• Slide 7 - http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Medieval/Bio/Justinian.jpg• Slide 8 - http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/byzantine/justinian.jpg• Slide 9 - http://sitemaker.umich.edu/mladjov/files/med565s.jpg• Slide 10 - http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3014/belisarius1rq.jpg• Slide 12 - http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/theology/institute/mediterranean/greece/images/

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