Emperor Diocletian split the Roman Empire into 2 sections: Eastern and Western. Constantinople was made the capital of the Eastern half of the Roman Empire‚ by the Emperor Constantine. The Eastern Empire eventually became known as the Byzantine Empire‚ its name deriving from‚ Byzantium‚ the place of Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire reached its climax during the sovereignty of Emperor Justinian 1. Italy‚ southern Spain‚ and North Africa‚ were conquered by the Byzantines. The Justinian code of laws
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that ended in total decline; however‚ in the eastern portions of the Roman Empire there was political continuity and centralization of state as seen in the Byzantine Empire‚ which split Rome into two. The world at this time was witnessing the mass movement of pastoral people interacting with sedentary people and the weaknesses of many empires including the Han Dynasty‚ the Guptas and Rome. During the Pax Romana Era‚ the Roman Empire was at its peak in the Mediterranean because of powerful‚ unified
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being regional. Two empires who were very important during the Postclassical Period were the Byzantine Empire and China. Geographically these civilizations were far apart‚ but as they developed‚ they became two of the most influential empires of the time. Also‚ as they developed they showed patterns of change among themselves but which showed similarities as well as differences among the two. The Byzantine and Chines Empire were similar in economic aspects as both were huge centers of trade and promoted
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business. However‚ men and women did have different bath houses.• You had to pay to use the baths. • You could buy refreshments at the baths. • Only the very biggest baths had facilities for men and women. • It was possible that there might have been mosaic floors. • The baths had large public toilets. Seats were placed over a continuous flow of water making it the first flush toilet. After paying the admission fee‚ people would go through to the exercise area of the Palestra. This was an open‚
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The festive consumption of food and drink was an important social ritual in the Roman world. Known in general terms as the convivium (Latin: "living together")‚ or banquet‚ the Romans also distinguished between specific types of gatherings‚ such as the epulum (public feast)‚ the cena (dinner‚ normally eaten in the mid-afternoon)‚ and the comissatio (drinking party). Public banquets‚ such as the civic feasts offered for all of the inhabitants of a city‚ often accommodated large numbers of diners.
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closely resembled Byzantine Christian artwork. Through research‚ I found a definition for this style of artwork. A website called Britannica described Byzantine Christian art in way that was easy for me to understand‚ it was defined as “Based on the dynamic of lines and flat areas of color rather than form‚” (Britannica‚ Byzantine Christian par.5). This style of work is the very basis of comparison of Cimabue’s work and the work of his student Giotto. The paintings in question for comparison are “Madonna
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viewed themselves as the beneficiaries of established Greece‚ and put it all on the line to save their inheritance. All the scholarly and philosophical works of traditional Greece survive in light of the fact that they were safeguarded by the Empire. Byzantine Christianity was firmly fixing to the administration‚ to such an extent that its rulers are frequently alluded to as caesaropapist‚ preeminent over both church and state. Constantine himself frequently mediated in Church matters; it was he who assembled
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prevalent within the Byzantine era. As Snodgrass (2012) notes unlike the draped Greek and Roman silhouettes‚ Byzantine fashion introduced opulent costumes constructed along the body’s lines as “…emblems of social‚ economic‚ religious or political prominence.” Byzantine Fashion and the aspect of political‚ economic and particularly social hierarchy is very much interconnected. You could easily determine which social class and stature of a male or female by what they wore within Byzantine society. After
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The Byzantine Empire’s government was a dynastic monarchy‚ although occasionally an usurper would seize the throne. They called their ruler the basileus (a Greek word meaning emperor). Christianity was the official religion. Religion was closely tied to the government‚ as the basileus was often believed to be god’s representative on Earth and religious leaders had a lot of power. The emperor was in fact crowned by the Patriarch of the church. The Byzantine Empire was divided into sections called
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although family was very important for the Empire. The change in nuclear family in the Byzantine Empire may have affected on the Empire’s decline‚ too‚ because “reflecting this loosing of traditional internal family structures was the again-increased prominence of women.” This kind of issues on traditional family may have made imperial women think and act selfishly‚ such as Eirene and Theodora. “A comparison of late-eleventh-and twelfth-century aristocratic ladies with their predecessors manifests
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