Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire.
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Byzantium
The Eastern Roman Empire Continues
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Map of Byzantine Empire
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Constantinople
• Capital of Eastern Roman Empire after it split in 3rd century AD
• Located on Bosporus Strait, which linked Mediterranean and Black Seas
• Controlled key trading routes linking Europe and Asia
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Constantinople
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Advantages of Constantinople
• Closer to Silk Road than Rome (Crossroads of trade)
• Had stronger military than Rome• Easier to defend from outside enemies• Easily fortified site on a peninsula bordering
natural harbor• More prosperous than Rome
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Constantinople
• The city of Constantinople blended Greek, Roman and Christian cultures.
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Justinian
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Age of Justinian (527-565 AD)
• Byzantium’s most important leader• Tried to restore united Roman Empire• Prevented German barbarians from moving eastward• Built Hagia Sophia, which means “Holy Wisdom (also
called Saint Sophia)• Defeated rebels at Nika with Theodora’s help
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Age of Justinian
• Used diplomacy to defeat empire’s enemies• Organized all Roman laws into Justinian’s
Code• Ruled as autocrat (dictator)• Was regarded as a spiritual as well as political
authority
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Justinian’s Code Activity with your table group
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Hagia Sophia
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Hagia Sophia
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Theodora
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Role of Theodora
• Wife of Justinian
• Actress
• More involved in politics than any other empress
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Theodora’s Bravery Reading
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Byzantine Achievements
• Large well-trained bureaucracy• Efficient army and navy• Strong trade-based economy with high
standard of living• Powerful Church with influence throughout
the Balkans and Russia
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Byzantine Achievements
• Preservation of classical (Greco-Roman) learning in monasteries
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Features of Byzantine Art
• Icons , Mosaics , churches• Religious subject matter• Dark palette (green, gold, brown, dark red or
orange)• Stylized faces, large eyes
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Byzantine Art
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Icons
• Powerful religious images• Thought to connect believer to
image in icon• Painted• On wood• Often decorated with gold or silver
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Byzantine Icons
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Icons
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Mosaics
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Mosaics
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Mosaics:
• Roman-reflect daily life…fish, animals, grapes• Byzantine-religious in nature….crosses, Mary,
Jesus• Islamic-patterns…no people!!!
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Roman Mosaics
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Islamic mosaics
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The Church
• Byzantine Empire has the Greek Orthodox Church
• Western Roman Empire has the Roman Catholic Church
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Divisions between Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity
Roman Catholic• Latin• Pope• Rome• Celibate Priests• They like icons
Orthodox• Greek• Patriarch• Constantinople• Priests can marry• Didn’t like icons for a
period of time, then later became known for them.
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Great Schism
The differences between the two resulted in the Great Schism or divide. Now we have two separate churches
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Christianity in Russia
• Slavic people were converted to Christianity by Cyril
• The Slavs had no written language• St. Cyril, a monk, adapted the Greek alphabet
to create a written Slavic language known as Cyrillic
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Cyrillic
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•Cyrillic Alphabet
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St. Basil’s Cathedral
• Russians adopted the use of the dome but changed the shape to be more onion looking…why?
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Onion Domes