Test #2 Flashcards
who led the army that defeated the Ostrogoths in Italy
Romulus Augustulus
What was Justinian’s most important contribution to western culture
Codifying Roman law in the Body of Civil Law
What happened when the eastern Roman army was defeated by Islamic troops at Yarmuk in 636
Muslims took over the Eastern Roman Empire and renamed it the Byzantine Empire
Justinian rebuilt the city of
Constantinople
This city was the chief center for trade between the East and West, ca. 500-1453 A.D./C.E
Constantinople
Which of the following statements best describes the role of the Christian Church in the Byzantine Empire
The Byzantines believed that God had commanded their state to preserve true Christianity.
What group challenged the Byzantine Empire by advancing into Asia Minor in the eleventh century
Turks
Who were Leo IX and Michael Cerularius
They were the pope and patriarch who excommunicated each other in 1054.
How did the Macedonian emperors foster economic prosperity in the Byzantine Empire
by expanding trade relations with western Europe
When the Byzantine emperor outlawed icons, how did the Catholic church in the west respond
it condemned the act
The paterfamilias, or dominant male, was the head of the Roman family and
gradually lost power over the course of Roman history.
Constantine became the Roman Empire’s
first Christian emperor
Under which emperor did Rome adopt Christianity as its official religion
Theodosius the Great
The political and military reforms of Diocletian and Constantine
greatly enhanced the army and civil service instituitions, but drained most of the public funds.
Which of the following was a good that came from China to the Roman Empire
silk
