sinned. As this history is learned there are five who could find their eternal fate within Dante’s Inferno. These include Peter Abelard‚ Justinian‚ Etienne Marcel‚ Marcus Porcius Cato‚ and Alcibiades. What these people did that can be
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beginning. <br> <br>Justinian ruled the Byzantine Empire during its height. His military faced strength from the East that greatly endangered his people. The Sassanian Empire of Persia was one threat that Byzantines needed to conquer. The Persians endangered eastern lands‚ so Justinian’s military prevented any conquest. The Sassanians were defeated and security was briefly gained. After his success‚ Justinian wanted to regain lands the Roman Empire once lost to invaders. Byzantine armies began a reconquest
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Note: This statue of an Ancient Egyptian woman clearly shows the way of dressing in Ancient Egypt. This statue belongs to the New Kingdome period. Body: The woman is wearing a kalasiris‚ a typical ancient Egyptian dress. The length of the dress tells us that this woman probably belonged to the upper class‚ as working woman mostly wore a kalasiris in a shorter variant. The dress is made of linen‚ which was perfect for Egypt’s hot climate. The dress is undecorated‚ but does have a lot of pleats
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widely throughout Rome. It was a threat to other religions especially in the Byzantine Empire. The various changes the occurred during this era all lead up to the Great Schism‚ which ultimately divided Christianity into the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Although there was a major separation both churches remain committed to the 10 commandments. The changes in Christianity began in 325 in the Byzantine Empire. In 325‚ Constantine created a Council called Nicaea. This Council
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Empress Theodora was one of the most influential women of her time. Her husband‚ Emperor Justinian I‚ listened to her advice regarding political decisions in the empire. She essentially co-ruled with Justinian‚ aiding in the rights for women by outlining their rights and expanding upon them. In this way‚ she was somewhat like an early feminist. During her service to her country as empress‚ Theodora protected the rights of the serfs and poor. She attended to the rights of prostitutes in particular
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Bible – the sacred scriptures of Christianity. Emperor Constantine – allowed freedom of worship throughout the Roman empire in 313 A.D. Emperor Theodosius – made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. Missionaries – people dedicated to spreading a religion. Diaspora – a scattering of people‚ as when the Jewish people were forced
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the ruling class. Called the Twelve Tables‚ these statutes also governed how offenders were prosecuted and provided compensation for victims. The foundation of modern law was formed from these statutes. Justinian Code established in A.D. 529‚ and named after the Emperor of Byzantine. The Emperor was the first to codify law in a series of books called Corpus Juris Civilis. His work was the foundation of modern law and the concept of justice. King John of England created the Magna Carta in 1215 with
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Religion Continuities Changes over Time Roman Empire they had a religion Religion change over time from peasant pagan to christianity Byzantine Empire They had a major religion. 2 types of christianity‚ one of which was called Orthodox christianity. There was a lot of conflict between the western and eastern church so they decided to divide both of the churches and to produce different versions of christianity. They weren’t in a lot off contact with each other so they had different
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considered to be the most important item in the corpus of Byzantine art (Morey 1944: 201) . Artistically‚ the soft tones‚ intense humanity and emotional realism on the figures of the faces is representative of the Constantinopolitan style in the Renaissance period (Hagia Sophia‚ n.d.). Historically‚ the mosaic is reflective of shifts within the theological discourse in Constantinople. The creation‚ as well as the destruction of this mosaic‚ serve as important material evidence for understanding the
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Justinian carried on the unending war against the Persians with mixed success. His general Belisarius lost a battle at first in 528‚ then completely routed the Persians at Daras‚ near Nisibis (June‚ 530); but on 19 April‚ 531‚ the Romans were defeated near Callinicum on the Euphrates; in September a peace was arranged on fairly equal terms. The emperor then conceived the plan of reconquering Africa and Italy‚ lost to the empire by the Vandal and Gothic invasions. In 533 a fleet of five hundred ships
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