Fall of Rome
This 200-year period of peace and prosperity marked the height of the Roman Empire.
What is the Pax Romana?
This city served as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
What is Constantinople?
He is considered one of the greatest Byzantine emperors who ruled during the height of its power.
Who is Justinian?
These religious symbols or images of holy people caused a fierce debate within the church.
What are icons?
This famous Christian missionary helped spread Christianity to the island of Ireland.
Who is Patrick (St. Patrick)?
Groups like the Visigoths and Vandals attacked Rome and brought down the Western Empire.
Who are the Germanic tribes (or invaders)?
Constantinople was easy to defend because it sat on this type of landform with water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
Justinian simplified and organized ancient Roman laws, creating a famous code that became the basis for modern legal systems.
What is the Justinian Code?
Some Byzantine Christians rejected icons because they believed using them was this forbidden practice.
What is idol worship?
With help from a nun named Paula, he translated the Christian Bible into Latin.
Who is Jerome?
Emperor Theodosius officially split the empire into two halves: Western and Eastern.
What is the division of the Roman Empire?
Over time, Byzantine culture shifted away from Roman customs and became heavily influenced by this culture.
What is Greek culture?
This event killed many soldiers, weakened the army, and made the empire vulnerable to enemy invasions.
What is Justinian's Plague?
This term means to officially declare that a person or group is no longer a member of the church.
What is excommunication?
Government officials who carried out Emperor Leo's orders to remove all icons from churches.
Who are iconoclasts?
Pope Gregory I wrote about this once-great city being left devastated, ruined, and empty.
What is Rome?
Constantinople, the busy trading hub of Byzantium, is known as this city in modern-day Turkey.
What is Istanbul?
Emperor Justinian reorganized this institution to expand and protect the empire's borders.
What is the Byzantine military (or army)?
The Christian church split into these two primary branches.
What are the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church?
These isolated religious communities were where monks lived, studied, and preserved knowledge.
What are monasteries?
This reason explains why the Roman army remained powerful while the political government turned weak.
What is government corruption, failing economy, or loss of strong political leadership?
Two major areas outside of law and government where ancient Rome still impacts our modern world today.
What are art, architecture, language, or religion?
She was Justinian’s influential wife who helped him rule the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Theodora?
The pope crowned this Germanic king as Roman emperor after he helped defend Rome in the late 700s C.E.
Who is Charlemagne?
Christian missionaries traveled across Europe to teach their religion to Anglo-Saxons, Celts, and this Eastern European group.
Who are the Slavs?