Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The Decline of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Byzantium
-Split of the Roman Empire between East and West
-East becomes Byzantine Empire
-Why did the Roman Empire "Fall"?
-about 210 reasons
-dynamic problem
-"Barbarian" invasions were a major reason.
-Split of the Roman Empire between East and West
-East becomes Byzantine Empire
-Why did the Roman Empire "Fall"?
-about 210 reasons
-dynamic problem
-"Barbarian" invasions were a major reason.
-In the 4th Century, the Huns attack the Visigoths
-Visigoths move into Roman territory
-Visigoths revolt and win Battle of Adrianople in 378 A.D.
-King Alaric sacks Rome in 410 A.D.
-Romans withdraw from Britain and other northern territories
-Alans, Burgundians, Sueves, Vandals, Ostrogoths
-Barbarian tribes start to found their own independent kingdoms
-Last Roman emperor in the West killed in 476 A.D.
Byzantine Empire
-City of Constantinople
-Roman governmental traditions; Greek culture
-Emperor had more power over the church
-Justinian (r. 527 - 565 A.D.)
-Wars of conquest
-Empress Theodora
-Hagia Sophia
-Legal Reform: Code Justinian and The Body of Civil Law (Corpus Juris Civilis)
-Procopius
# posted by Anne Good @ 7:46 PM 
