The 5th Century Crisis
The Germanic people migrated into the Roman empire as a result of this.
What was the outcome of the Huns raiding and harassing the Germanic people as they pushed West?
She was a former actress, fan of the Blues in the demes, and probably a high class prostitute before she became Empress of the Byzantines.
Who is Theodora?
He is the nephew of Theodora and he loses his mind trying to deal with the complex situation Justinian left the Empire in.
Who is Justin II?
This event triggered the disastrous Byzantine-Sassanian War of 602-628 C.E.
What was the consequence of th murder of Emperor Maurice by Phocas?
This was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire
What is Constantinople?
This is the name given to the chaotic period of social decomposition, economic hardship, and endless warfare that takes place after the fall of the Western Roman Empire
What are the Dark Ages?
This Byzantine legal codex is still the basis for legal systems in multiple countries in Europe and Latin America
What is the Corpus Juris Civilis?
He was the uncle of Justinian and the founder of the Justinian dynasty.
Who was Justin I?
This Emperor was able to save the Empire from collapsing during the Byzantine Sassanian War of 602-628 C.E.
What is the main achievement of Emperor Heraclius?
This was the main branch of Christianity favored by the Byzantine Rulers and is still the dominant church denomination in Eastern Europe to this day.
What is Christian Orthodox Church (a.k.a. Greek Orthodox Church)?
The Western empire collapsed because of these reasons.
What was the outcome of the Western Empire's larger size, smaller population, more dependence on agriculture, and poor leadership?
These are two of the close collaborators that rose to prominence during Justinian's reign.
Who are Bellisarius, Tribonian, John the Cappadocian, Narses, Procopius, and Mundus?
This Emperor tried to bring the Byzantine financial crisis left by Justinian to an end and also tried to cement a lasting peace with the Sassanians.
Who is Maurice?
The Byzantines eventually lose the Holy Land, Syria, Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula, and all of North Africa to these people during the Seventh and Eighth centuries.
What were some of the conquests of the Islamic Arab Empire?
This was the lingua franca (main language) of the Byzantine Empire
What is Greek?
He was a terrible incompetent and self-centered Emperor largely responsible for losing much of the territory of the Western Roman Empire
Who is Honorius?
Justinian invades this people arguing they had murdered a legitimate ruler and friend of Rome.
What is Justinian's casus belli against the Ostrogoths?
This is a trait shared by all the members of the Justinian dynasty.
Why did none of the Justinian Dynasty emperors inherit the throne to biological children?
This event was the product of a request of help by the Byzantine emperor to the Catholic Pope in 1095 C.E.
What detonated the Crusades?
This is the name of the imposing walls that protected the capital city of the Byzantine Empire
What are the Theodosian Walls?
This type of problematic succession system was the main reason the Germanic kingdoms were always at war and always fragmenting into smaller states.
What is Gavelkind Succession?
Justinian invades this people arguing they had deposed a legitimate ruler and follower of the one true faith.
What is Justinian's casus belli against the Vandals?
He took over the Byzantine crown after his adoptive father lost his mind, but eventually he also resigns because he fears he might have a mental breakdown as well.
Who is Tiberius II?
The Empire comes to an end in 1453 C.E. as a result of this.
What was the outcome of the Ottoman Turks attack against Constantinople's defensive walls with super heavy bombards?
Name at least two traits of the Byzantine era armies that differentiated them from the classic Roman legions
Why are they more focused on ranged cavalry than shock infantry? Why are they smaller than the classic era armies? Why are they more focused on smart leadership than overwhelming numbers and firepower?