Byzantine Empire Vocabulary Test

(330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine

• Byzantine Empire

• Constantinople

• Eastern Orthodox Church

• Holy Roman Empire

Capital of the Byzantine Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Constantinople

• Eastern Orthodox Church

• Holy Roman Empire

Christian followers in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire); split from Roman Catholic Church and shaped life in eastern Europe and western Asia

• Byzantine Empire

• Constantinople

• Eastern Orthodox Church

• Holy Roman Empire

Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruler by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program , including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code

• Constantine

• Justinian

• Diocletian

• Theodora

the male head of a family or tribe

• Patriarch

• Matriarch

• Pope

• Priest

Head of the Roman Catholic Church

• Patriarch

• Matriarch

• Pope

• Priest

the wife of Justinian, she helped to improve the status of women in the Byzantine Empire and encouraged her husband to stay in Constantinople and fight the Nike Revolt.

• Constantine

• Justinian

• Diocletian

• Theodora

This code was composed by the Emperor Justinian based on Roman laws, were the clearest and most comprehensive laws of the time. It spread Roman legal principles beyond the Empire.

• Justinian's Code

• Law of Justinian

• 12 Tables

• Code of Hammurabi

the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian

• Hagia Sophia

• Temple of Jerusalem

• Empire State Building

• Hippodrome

An ancient Greek stadium used for horse and chariot racing

• Hagia Sophia

• Temple of Jerusalem

• Empire State Building

• Hippodrome