PPT-Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West

in the Early Middle Ages Civ 10102 October 14 2015 Class 20 The Early Medieval West The Byzantine Empire Breakup of Church West v East 1014 Crusades 10951285 8 3 The Byzantine World. © Student Handouts, Inc.. www.studenthandouts.com. What was the Roman Empire?. There were two periods of Roman government.. Roman Republic . 509 BCE-30 BCE. Roman Empire. 30 BCE-476 CE. Rome technically had an “empire” under the Roman Republic.. The . byzantium. Empire: Quick Facts. Capital Constantinople. Created as the Eastern half of the Roman Empire. From 500 AD to 1200 AD it was the richest nation in Western Asia and Europe. Lead advances in scholarship, art,. . Romans . 8(16-17) The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, . 17.  and if children, then heirs—. heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. , if indeed we suffer with . The Eastern legacy . of the Roman empire. Byzantium. Barbarians are now the Western masters. Military strength, but they get culture from the Romans they subdued. Partly Christianized by missionaries already. World History - Libertyville HS. Effect of Disintegration of W Roman Empire. Germanic tribes settled throughout old Roman Empire. Ostrogoths. – Italy. Saxons – England / NW Germany. Visigoths – Spain. World History - Libertyville HS. Effect of Disintegration of W Roman Empire. Germanic tribes settled throughout old Roman Empire. Ostrogoths. – Italy. Saxons – England / NW Germany. Visigoths – Spain. 5.5. What caused the Decline?. Economic Problems. Foreign Invasion. Decline in traditional values. Dividing the Roman Empire. Political Violence. The . Pax. . Romana. comes to an end with the death of Marcus Aurelius in 180. World History: Libertyville HS. Where Was the ERE?. Capitol, Constantinople, located at narrowest point between Europe, Asia (Hellespont). Major trade routes to North / South. North, to . Rus. / Vikings. Chapter 11, Section 3. THE BEGINNING OF THE END:. THE DECLINE. The . Pax. . romana. Translated means “Roman Peace”. Began with the reign of Augustus and ended with the death of Marcus Aurelius. Rome . Contraction, Expansion, and Division. 500–1300. I. Christian Contraction in Asia and Africa. A. . Asian Christianity. 1. Christianity almost disappears from Arabia. a. . Within a century or of . From 395. Attempts to reconquer the “west” always failed despite continual effort. Greek Language but Roman Law at least to the 800’s. Development of church/state relationship known as . Caesaropapism. Capital: Byzantium. On the Bosporus. Commercial, strategic value of location. Constantine names capital after himself (Constantinople), moves capital there 330 CE. 1453 falls to Turks, renamed Istanbul. Chapter 10. 395 CE = final division of Roman Empire into eastern and western halves. 476 = end of the western Roman Empire. Eastern half remained intact = the Byzantine Empire (aka Byzantium). The Fall of the Roman Empire. Great location. Constantinople=capital in 340 C.E. (kept name until controlled by Ottoman Turks in 1453 C.E. when it was renamed Istanbul). Named Byzantium after . Byzantion. , fishing village. Eastern half of classical Roman Empire that remained intact.