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The Age Of Justinian
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THE AGE OF JUSTINIAN
The Byzantine empire empire reached it greatest size under JUSTINIAN
JUSTINIAN was determined to revive Ancient Rome by overrun invaders
Byzantine armies reconquered North Africa, Italy, and Southern Spain
The fighting exhausted Justinian's treasury and his defense in the east
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HAGIA SOPHIA
Justinian left more lasting monument in his building
To restore a Roman Glory, he lunched a program to beauty Constantionople
It's immense, arching dome improved on earlier Roman buildings
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CODE OF LAWS
Justinian is best remember for his reform law
Early in his reign,he set up a commission to revise the laws in Rome
The results was the corpus juris civilis, or body civil law
Know as Justinian Code
Roman emperors, as well as the legal writings of Roman judges
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CODE OF LAWS
Justinian's Code had an impact for beyond the Byzantine empire
By the 1100s, had reached Western Europe
Centuries later the code also guided legal thinkers
Who began to put together intentional law used today
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ABSOLUTE POWER
Justinian used the law to unite the empire
He ruled as an autocrat
autocrat-ruler who has complete authority
The emperor also had also power over the chruch
He was deemed Christ's co ruler on earth
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ABSOLUTE POWER
Byzantine official written everyone is equal evening the emperor
Unlike the monarchs in the west he combined both political and spiritual authority
His control was aided by his wife Theodora.
A shrewd politician, she served as co-ruler to Justinian and even pursued own polices
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CHANGING FORTUNES
In the centuries after Justinian, the fortunes of the empire rose and fell.
Attack by the Persians,Slavs,Vikings,Monologs,and Turks
The empire served as a buffer in Western Europe
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CHANGING FORTUNES
Begging in the 600-700 the Arab armies gained control of the much of the Mediterranean
Constantinople itself withstood their attack
The Byzantine held onto their heartland in the Balkans and Asia Minor
The empire greatest strengths came from a strong central government and a prosperous economy
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CHANGING FORTUNES
Peasants formed the backbone of the empire the land working the land and paying taxes
Providing soldiers for the military
In the cities of the empire, trade and industry flourished
10.
CHANGING FORTUNES
While Western Europe was to a barter economy
The Byzantine empire preserved a healthy money economy
The Bezant, the Byzantine gold coin stamped with the emperor image,
Circulated from England to China
Daniel Palmieri
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