The Fall Of Rome
395AD
When did the fall of Rome start?
The Byzantines were united by their own form of
Christianity- Eastern Orthodoxy -which was separate
from the Catholic Church.
What did the Byzantines do for religion?
The greatest achievement of the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Justinian Code?
Crusaders attacked the city in 1204
What happened to the Byzantine Empire in 1204?
Western Europe
Where were the important changes being made?
Western Roman Empire
Where did the fall of Rome take place?
they had their own Patriarch.
Did they still recognize the Pop as the head of their church?
Emperor Justinian collected all of the existing Roman
Laws and organized them into a single code.
How was the Justinian code made?
compete with
Constantinople for Mediterranean trade
What did Italy begin to do?
The middle ages
The period of history from the fall of Rome in 476 A.D.
to the 1400’s is known as, what?
September 4, 476 AD
What was the end date of the Fall of Rome?
The Byzantines saw themselves as continuing the
Roman Empire
What did they do with the Roman Empire?
Also had special laws relating to religion
What else did the Justinian Code include?
the Byzantine Empire was reduced to a
small area just around the city of Constantinople.
What happened to the Byzantine Empire by the 1440s?
Medieval
The middle ages were considered what period?
The Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successors.
What was the Fall of Rome?
It was replaced by greek.
What happened to their language?
The code listed all the laws and opinions of each subject.
What was the Justinian Code constructed of?
Ottoman Turks
In 1453, Constantinople was finally conquered by the...
The period between ancient and modern times.
What is the middle ages/medieval period?
After the western part of the Roman Empire fell, the eastern half continued to exist as the Byzantine Empire for hundreds of years.
What happened after the Fall of Rome?
They decorated them with pictures of Jesus.
It required that all people in the empire belong to
Eastern Orthodox faith
What was the big religious rule for the Byzantine Empire?
Balkan
Peninsula
They continued to control the...
Barbarians
What were uncivilized people known as?