Byzantine Empire Vocabulary

Art consisting of a design made of small pieces of stone/glass

• great schism

• mosaic

• pope

• hippodrome

the legal code of ancient Rome (basis for many modern systems of law)

• Orthodox

• Icons

• Hippodrome

• Justinian Code

Christian Church of the West

• Orthodox

• Roman Catholic

• Byzantine Empire

• Justinian Code

A representation of a sacred person, as Christ or a saint or angel

• Icons

• Pope

• Mosaic

• Orthodox

Walls that surround and protect the city of Constantinople

• Hippodrome

• Justinian Code

• Theodosian Walls

• Byzantine Empire

the official split between Eastern and Western Christian Churches

• Great Schism

• Mosaic

• Icons

• Theodosian Walls

Byzantine stadium for chariot races and horse shows

• Pope

• Hippodrome

• Theodosian Walls

• Icons

relating to the christian church (Byzantine) not under the authority of the pope

• Roman Catholic

• Byzantine Empire

• Justinian Code

• Orthodox

the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church

• Icons

• Hippodrome

• Great Schism

• Pope

A society that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire

• Justinian Code

• Theodosian Walls

• Roman Catholic

• Byzantine Empire