Religion
First four books of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John)?
Gospels
First Roman Emperor
Who is Augustus Caesar?
Roman Empire surrounded this sea?
What is the Mediterranean?
The Pax Romana ended with his death in 180AD
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
Roman made channel that carried water from reservoirs or lakes to cities?
What are aqueducts?
First Roman Emperor who converted to Christianity?
Who is Emperor Constantine?
Who is the co empress of Justinian?
Empress Theodora
The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?
What is Constantinople?
Emperor who divided the Roman empire into two halves (Western & Easter)?
Who is Diocletian?
This was the name given to the peaceful time experienced in the Roman Empire.
What is the Pax Romana
What is the Byzantine Orthodox Cathedral built by Emperor Justinian?
What is the Hagia Sofia?
Foundation/reorganization of all Byzantine laws?
What is Justinian's Code
The location of Constantinople made it a crossroads of trade between these two continents?
What is Asia and Europe?
A Bishop of one of the five important cities (Constantinople, Rome, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch) are known as?
Split between the Christian church that resulted in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches
What is the Great Schism of 1054?
What city became the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
Constantinople was well defended because it sat on this type of landform that is surrounded by water on 3 sides?
what is a peninsula?
Emperor who built a famous wall fortification in northern Britain to keep tribes at bay?
Who is Emperor Hadrian?
Famous Byzantine artwork that used small fragments of glass or tile to create images?
What are mosaics
Term for destroying icons?
What is iconoclasm?
Crisis of Roman Emperor succession between 235-284 AD?
What is the Imperial Crisis?
The strait waterway that connects the Mediterranean and Black Seas?
What is the Bosporus?
First non-Italian emperor, who expanded the Roman Empire to it's greatest size?
Who is Emperor Trajan?
Jesus belonged to this religious group?
Who are the Jews?