1. BYZANTINE EMPIRE

2. BYZANTINE EMPIRE - BACKGROUND
EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
ROMAN EMPIRE DIVIDED BY DIOCLETIAN
330 A.D.-CONSTANTINE MOVES CAPITAL FROM ROME TO BYZANTIUM – RENAMED CONSTANTINOPLE
Diocletian
Constantine

3. BYZANTINE RULERS Rulers had ABSOLUTE power
Ruled with COMPLETE Authority
No SEPARATION of Church & State

5. HEIGHT OF EMPIRE Under rule of Emperor JUSTINIAN 527-565
Built many new CHURCHES
Most Important – HAGIA SOPHIA {“HOLY WISDOM”}

6. HAGIA SOPHIA “HOLY WISDOM”

7. HAGIA SOPHIA

8. HAGIA SOPHIA Construction started 532 – finished in 537
Church from
Mosque from 1453 – 1931
Reopened as a Museum by Turkey in 1943
World’s largest cathedral until 1520
Designed by two Greek scientists

9. BUILDING PROGRAMS Constructed 14 mile stone wall along coastline
Repaired Western Borders
Built hospitals, aqueducts
Schools, law courts
Church Building

10. HIPPODROME ENTERTAINMENT for Citizens Free Entertainment CHARIOT RACES
60,000 SPECTATORS

11. HEIGHT OF EMPIRE 527-565 EMPEROR JUSTINIAN ACHIEVEMENTS: HAGIA SOPHIA
REBUILT CITY
HIPPODROME
PRESERVE GRECO-ROMAN
CULTURE
JUSTINIAN CODE

12. JUSTINIAN CODE SINGLE UNIFORM CODE OF LAWS 4 PARTS: 1. CODE 2. DIGEST
3. INSTITURES
4. NOVELLAE

13. JUSTINIAN CODE Served Empire for 900 Years All different areas:
MARRIAGE
SLAVERY
PROPERTY
INHEIRITANCE
WOMEN’S RIGHTS

14. EMPRESS THEODORA

15. DIVISION IN CHRISTIANITY
Due to DISTANCE differences emerge
LANGUAGE {East-Greek; West-Latin}
Byzantine Emperor appointed – PATRIARCH
{Leader of Christian Church in Eastern Empire}
Head of Church in Western Empire – POPE
{Byzantines did not believe POPE had authority}

16. DIVISION IN CHRISTIANITY
Other DIVISIONS over time
1054 SCHISM ( permanent split )
West – ROMAN CATHOLIC
East – EASTERN ORTHODOX

18. The Great Schism Explanation Video

19. BYZANTINE MISSIONARIES
BYZANTINE influence in RUSSIA
Saint Cyril – developed alphabet
for Slavic Languages
{CYRILLIC ALPHABET}
Translate Bible into Slavic Language

20. END OF BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Empire weakens after death of JUSTINIAN (565)
RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES
POOR LEADERS
PLAGUE
FOREIGN INVASIONS
EMPIRE ENDS IN 1453
By the OTTOMANS