The Byzantine Empire, Justinian, and Constantinople

Which famous Roman Empire dedicated a "New Rome" on the site of the Ancient Greek colony of Byzantium?

• Constantine

• Diocletian

• Justinian

• Alexander the Great

Where is Constantinople? Circle where you would find Constantinople on the Map.

Why was the Eastern Roman Empire able to survive, while the Western Roman Empire was falling apart?

List 2 Reasons.

​ ​ (a)   took power in ​ (b)   CE and would rule the Byzantine Empire until his death in ​565 CE.

• Justinian I
• 527
• Alexander the Great
• 476 CE
• 330 CE
• 2023 CE
• 364
• 330
• 476
• 2023

Many great ​ (a)   were built under Justinian including the domed Church of the Holy Wisdom, or ​ (b)   Justinian also ​ (c)   and ​ (d)   Roman Law, establishing a legal code that would endure for ​ (e)  

• monuments
• Higia Sophia.
• reformed
• codified
• centuries.

What major problems did the Byzantine Empire have in the 7th and 8th Centuries?

What is a Golden Age?

The Byzantine Empire was able to enjoy a Golden Age during the 10th and 11th Centuries because

• the Byzantine Empire had more control over trade.

• The Byzantine Empire had more wealth and international prestige than under Justinian.

• The strong government supported the arts, restored churches, palaces and other institutions.

• All of the above.

The end of the 11th Century saw the beginning of the ​ (a)   , the series of holy wars waged by Western Christians against ​ (b)   in the Middle East from 1095 to 1291.

• Crusades
• Muslims
• Battles
• Romans
• Arguments
• Greeks
• Christians

Justinian's Code of Laws Part 1: Justice and Law

"JUSTICE is the constant and perpetual wish to render everyone his due. Jurisprudence is the knowledge of things divine and human; the science of the just and the unjust.

The Maxims of laws are these: to live honestly, to hurt no one, to give everyone his due."

***What is Justice? What does justice mean to you? What does justice look like?