The Fall of Rome

1. The Fall of Rome Part Three: Byzantine Empire The Eastern Empire Comparing the Two Romes: East vs. West Christianity in Eastern Rome

2. The Byzantine Empire The Big Idea The Roman Empire split into two parts, and the Eastern Roman Empire prospered for hundreds of years after the western empire fell. 7.1.3

3. The Eastern Empire • Main Idea 1: • Eastern emperors ruled from Constantinople and tried but failed to reunite the whole Roman Empire.

4. The Eastern Empire • Emperor Justinian wanted to reunite the old Roman Empire. He re-conquered Italy & more land around the Mediterranean. Justinian

5. The Eastern Empire • Justinian also examined Rome’s laws and organized them into a legal system called the Justinianic Code. • Removed out-of-date and unchristian laws • Simplified Roman law to give fair treatment to all Justinian Justinian and his advisers

6. The Eastern Empire • Justinian made enemies who tried to run him out of Constantinople, but his wife Theodora convinced him to stay. • Theodora was smart and powerful, and advised Justinian on how to end the riots that threatened his rule. Grr baby, very grr! Justinian Theodora

7. The Eastern Empire • After Justinian’s death, the eastern Roman Empire began to decline. • Later emperors lost all the land Justinian had gained. Look at the different countries that took the place of Western Rome after it was sacked. Justinian

8. The Eastern Empire • A long time later in 1453, a group called the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople and ended the eastern Roman Empire. • The 1,000-year history of the eastern Roman Empire came to an end.

9. The Hagia Sophiais a lasting symbol of the Byzantine Empire. Justinian built the church after an earlier church was damaged during a public uprising.▼

10. Comparing the Two Rome's: East vs. West • Main Idea 2: • The Romans of the eastern empire created a new society that was very different from society in the west

11. Comparing the Two Rome's: East vs. West • The eastern empire was different from the western empire. • The Eastern Empire… • was called the Byzantine Empire. • people studied Greek, not Latin. • they traded with and were influenced by other cultures. • emperors were both political and religious leaders This 3 pronged cross was the symbol of the Christian Churches in the Byzantine Empire. Today those churches are called Greek Orthodox or Eastern Orthodox

12. Christianity in Eastern Rome • Main Idea 3: • Byzantine Christianity was different from religion in the west.

13. Christianity in Eastern Rome • Christianity was very important to both the Eastern and the Western part of Rome. • Churches & mosaics reflected their devotion to God. • Mosaics are pictures made with pieces of colored stone or glass. You can find this mosaic of Jesus at the Hagia Sophia in Byzantium (which is called Istanbul Today)

14. Another Roman mosaic found in a Christian church.

15. A mosaic of baby Jesus and his mother Mary

16. Christianity in Eastern Rome • People in the East and West also began to interpret elements of Christianity differently. • Eastern priests could get married, but Western priests could not. • Church services were performed in Greek in the East and in Latin in the West. A Byzantine cathedral / church

17. Christianity in Eastern Rome • Eventually, the East broke away from the Western Church and formed the Eastern Orthodox Church. • Christians in the West became known as Roman Catholics • Christians in the East became known as Eastern Orthodox or Greek Orthodox. Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox (Greek Orthodox)

18. This slide is a review of the important ideas from the entire chapter.

19. 19. All of the following are true about Justinian EXCEPT.. • He was defeated by the Ottoman Turks. • He ruled the Byzantine Empire • (the Eastern Empire) • He tried to re-conqueror and reunite • the Western Empire. • His wife, Theodora, gave him important • advice. E. I don’t know

20. 20. Christians in Eastern Rome were just like Christians in the Western part of Rome. A. True - They were very different. B. False

21. 21. The Christians from Western Rome became known as ____. • Eastern Orthodox • Greek Orthodox • Roman Catholics • Westside Orthodoxites. E. I don’t know