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A New Rome in a New Setting, ct'd

A New Rome in a New Setting

  • In order to regain Rome's glory, Justinian sent his best general, Belisarius, to recover North Africa from the Germanic tribes.
  • They won.
  • Two years later, Belisarius attacked Rome and took it from barbarians called the Ostrogoths.
  • The city kept being attacked by other tribes and over 16 years Rome changed hands 6 times.
  • Eventually, though, Justinian's armies won almost all of Italy and parts of Spain.
  • Even though the Roman empire was divided (mostly because of communications difficulties...), rulers in the East saw themselves as Emperors of Rome.
  • In 527, a Byzantine nobleman named Justinian succeeded his uncle to the throne of the Eastern empire.

Let's rewind...and look forward:

from 5:00 to 11:00

from start to 3:02

Setting the Stage...

Life in the New Rome, ct'd

  • When the Roman Empire crumbled, it was in 2 parts: Western and Eastern.

In the Eastern Roman Empire, a strong capital city called Byzantium had its name changed to Constantinople after the emperor Constantine.

  • The panel of legal experts created a single, uniform code of law known as the Justinian Code. It had 4 parts:
  • The Code... nearly 5,000 laws
  • The Digest... a summary of what Rome's thinkers thought about the laws
  • The Institutes... a textbook
  • The Novellae... new laws

The Western Roman Empire was overrun by Germanic tribes (aka barbarians).

  • Even though the name Constantinople stayed the name of the capital city, the entire Eastern Roman Empire became known as Byzantium.
  • Byzantium carried on the glory of Roman traditions.

A New Rome in a New Setting, ct'd

  • Byzantine emperors had absolute power.
  • They were in charge of politics and religion.

Life in the New Rome

Chapter 8, Section 1: The Byzantine Empire

  • Most Byzantines spoke Greek.
  • Justinian set up a panel of legal experts in the hopes of not making the same mistakes of others before him who had tried to govern such a large territory.
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