Unit 4 Byzantine Empire Vocabulary

the empire that arose from the East Roman Empire

• Roman Empire

• Orthodox Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Vandal Empire

a great church built by emperor Constantine in Constantinople

• St. Peter's Basilica

• Hagia Sophia

• Macchu Piccu

• Vatican

an organized collection of laws created by emperor Justinian I

• Justinian's Code

• Theodora's Code

• Code of Hammurabi

• Code of Constitution

a split or division

• scissors

• divide

• schism

• disagreement

the church that arose in the western half of the former Roman Empire

• Roman Catholic Church

• Christian Church

• Byzantine Church

• Eastern Orthodox Church

the church that arose in the eastern half of the former Roman Empire

• Roman Catholic Church

• Christian Church

• Byzantine Church

• Eastern Orthodox Church

to be formally kicked out of the Christian Church

• cancelled

• unfriended

• excommunicate

• discommunicate

“image” in Greek; refers to paintings of Christian religious figures

• mosaic

• icon

• symbol

• portrait