Rome & The Byzantine Empire

Question 1

Pax Romana

Answer 1

Peaceful time in Roman Empire
Allowed for the safe spreading of ideas
When ended => persecution of Christians

Question 2

Justinian’s code

Answer 2

Decided legal qs like marriage slavery property inheritance women’s rights and criminal justice
4 works: the code, the digest, the institutes, and the novellae (new laws)
Made when east and west reunified
Created new laws to regulate society

Question 3

Ottoman Turks

Answer 3

Took over Constantinople ending the Byzantine empire

Question 4

Icon

Answer 4

Painting sculpture thing that has a religious meaning

They were destroyed during the iconoclastic movement

Question 5

Scapegoats

Answer 5

Someone that is blamed for another person’s mistake

Question 6

Inflation

Answer 6

In the economy, the value of money lessens so it’s not worth as much

Question 7

Bosporus

Answer 7

A strait where Constantinople was located

Strategic for defense and trade

Question 8

Hagia Sophia

Answer 8

Built by Justinian

Church

Question 9

Eastern Orthodox

Answer 9

From Byzantine empire

Patriarchs

Question 10

Excommunication

Answer 10

Pope & patriarch excommunicated each other

Don’t acknowledge the other

Question 11

Constantine

Answer 11

An emperor of Rome
Made Christianity a legit religion
Ended the persecution of Christians

Question 12

Germanic tribes

Answer 12

Invaded the Roman Empire a lot

Visigoths, Ostrogoths, vandals, franks etc.

Question 13

Constantinople

Answer 13

Made capital of Roman Empire by Constantine

Became big trading place in Byzantine empire

Question 14

Hippodrome

Answer 14

Built by Justinian

Offered entertainment for anyone of any class

Question 15

Roman Catholic

Answer 15

West

Pope

Question 16

Schism

Answer 16

When the church split in 1054

Question 17

Hierarchy

Answer 17

Church set-up for Roman Catholic

Question 18

Justinian

Answer 18

Emperor of Byzantine empire
Reunited almost all of Roman Empire as it was before
Had the Justinian code

Question 19

Theodora

Answer 19

Justinian’s wife

Convinced him to stay and rule when rebellion

Question 20

Patriarch

Answer 20

Highest level in Eastern Orthodox Church

Question 21

City of God

Answer 21

Book written by Augustine

Question 22

Diocletian

Answer 22

Restored order in Roman Empire w limited freedoms
Good military and controlled inflation
Split the empire into east and west

Question 23

Procopius

Answer 23

Witnessed Nika riots

Writer

Question 24

Paul

Answer 24

Wasn't a believer but then became one
Helped spread Christianity 
Apostle
Large influence on the religion
Believed Christians didn't have to follow Jewish law

Question 25

Byzantine empire

Answer 25

Eastern Orthodox Better trade, agriculture, silk production Urban

Question 26

West

Answer 26

Invasions messed everything up ex: economy | Roman Catholic