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The Byzantine Empire: Justinian's Reign and the Legacy of New Rome

Discover the fascinating history of the Byzantine Empire, marked by Justinian's ambitious reign. As a new Caesar, Justinian sought to reclaim the glories of the old Roman Empire, ruling with absolute power and establishing the influential Justinian Code. His public works, like Hagia Sophia, showcased Byzantine architecture and culture, but his reign also experienced turbulence from the Nika Rebellion and the Plague of Justinian. The eventual division of the Church and the rise of external threats paved the way for the empire's decline, culminating in the fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

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The Byzantine Empire: Justinian's Reign and the Legacy of New Rome

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  1. The Byzantine Empire

  2. A New Rome • Justinian, a new Caesar • Sent Belisarius captured the old Roman Empire • Ruled with absolute power • Control of the Church

  3. Life in New Rome • Spoke Greek • Justinian Code, served the Empire for 900 years • Code, Digest, Institutes and Novellae • Public Building Program • Hagia Sophia • education

  4. Economy • Main street, Mese • Merchants • Hippodrome • “Nika Rebellion”

  5. The Empire Falls • Justinian died in 565 • Plague of Justinian • Bubonic plague • Attacks from East and West • Lombards from the west • Avars, Slavs, and Bulgars from the North • Sassanid Persians from the East • Kept Enemies at Bay • Bribes, diplomacy, political marriages and military power • Ottoman Turks in 1453

  6. The Church Divides • A Religious Split • Patriarch Chrysostom • In the East Emperor Leo III opposed iconoclasm, restored later by Empress Theodora • Pope was in favor of icons • 1054, pope and patriarch excommunicated each other • Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Church

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