Important People
Laws
Places
Religion
Attackers
100
Young Ruler of the Byzantine Empire
What is Justinian
100
Set of laws put in place during Justinian's rule
What is the Justinian Code
100
Empire that fell to disease and invasion in 395
What is Rome
100
The split that Christianity experienced during the Byzantine Empire
What is the Schism
100
Plague that appeared soon before and after Justinian died but gained the name after his death
What is the Plague of Justinian
200
Group that held the Rome and was defeated by Justinian's General
What is the Ostrogoths
200
The base of the Justinian Code
What is The Code
200
City that was the capital of the Byzantine Empire
What is Constatinople
200
The two types of Christianity
What is the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
200
Name for foreign enemies of the Byzantine Empire
What is barbarians
300
Justinian's Wife and the most powerful woman in Byzantine history
What is Empress Theodora
300
The summarization of Rome's greatest legal thinkers about the laws
What is the Digest
300
Church that was destroyed during riots in 532, but was rebuilt by Justinian
What is the Hagia Sophia
300
Religious images used by Eastern Christians
What is Icons
300
group that overran Justinian's Conquest in the west
What is Lombards
400
Saints who invented the Cyrillic alphabet
What is Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril
400
textbook used by law students
What is the Institutes
400
The main street running through Constantinople
What is Mese/Middle Way
400
leading Bishop of the East
What is the patriarch
400
Group that attempted to invade the city three times but failed
What is the Russians
500
Justinian's General who was sent to recover North Africa from invading Germanic Tribes
What is Belisarius
500
Also called the new laws, put into place after 534
What is The Novellae
500
Racecourse that offered free entertainment to the people of the city
What is Hippodrome
500
Declaring a person an outcast of the church
What is excommunication
500
Ways that the Byzantines to keep enemies at bay
What is bribes, Diplomacy, political marriages, and military power
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