Rome and Byzantine Empire Vocabulary

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Justinian’s Code

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a set of revised Roman laws.

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Mosaics

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pictures made with pieces of colored stone or glass.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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Roman Catholic

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Christians in Western Empire became Roman Catholics. Viewed the Pope as head of the Church. Priests could not marry. Services in Latin.

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Eastern Orthodox

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Created by the Great Christian Schism in 1054 in the Eastern Empire. Christians became Eastern Orthodox. Viewed Emperor as head of the Church. Priests could marry. Services in Greek.

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Augustus

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Rome’s first emperor, expanded the empire and supposedly refused the dictatorship.

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Theodora

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Justinian’s wife who helped Justinian rule the Byzantine empire.

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Constantine

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Moved the capital of the empire east to Turkey.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

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Justinian ended the Nika Revolt

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with the help of his wife, Theodora.

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Diocletian was significant

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because he divided the empire into two and ruled the Eastern half.

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The Hagia Sophia

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was originally a church, then a mosque and now is a museum.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A