Justinian Builds a New Rome
Who was the powerful ruler of the Byzantine Empire from 527 to 565?
Who is Justinian I?
What word means an official split in Christianity?
What is a schism?
Roman artists borrowed ideas from which earlier civilization?
What is Greece?
What famous church was rebuilt by Justinian?
What is the Hagia Sophia?
What religion did Roman rulers eventually support and help grow?
What is Christianity?
What legal code did Justinian create that organized much of Byzantine life?
What is the Justinian Code?
In which year did the schism that split Christianity occur?
What is 1054?
What is a mosaic?
What is a picture made out of many small colored tiles or pieces of glass?
What large public space in Constantinople hosted numerous attractions?
What is the Hippodrome?
What did Roman rulers make the official religion of the empire?
What is Christianity?
What major church did Justinian rebuild with the help of his wife, Theodora?
What is the Hagia Sophia?
What are the names of the two churches that resulted from the schism?
What are the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church?
What language, spread by the Romans, influenced Spanish, Italian, and French?
What is Latin?
What Roman structure brought fresh water to towns?
What is an aqueduct?
What is one legal principle from Roman law that is still used today, stating that the accused is not at fault until proven?
What is "innocent until proven guilty"?
What was one major public achievement of Justinian besides the Justinian Code?
What is expanding the empire or building projects?
Who had more religious authority in the Roman Catholic Church?
Who is the pope?
What philosophy stressed the importance of duty and helping society?
What is Stoicism?
Why did Constantinople become a center of business and trade?
What is its location between Europe and Asia?
What type of government system did Rome promote, which is still used in countries like the United States today?
What is a representative government?
How long did the Justinian Code serve the Byzantine Empire?
What is 900 years?
What major conflict over religious practices caused disagreement between the Eastern and Western churches?
What is the use of icons?
What type of sculpture did Roman artists adopt from the Greeks?
What is an ideal sculpture?
What type of Roman building feature is made of curved forms and used for strength?
What is an arch?
Name one Roman assembly and its modern U.S. equivalent that shows how Roman ideas influenced today’s government.
What is the Roman Senate and the U.S. Senate (or House of Representatives)?