were barbarians who only did it for citizenship and slaves. None of these actually cared for the advancement of Rome. The western empire started becoming increasingly barbarian. Another problem came when Constantine came into power and declared Constantinople (in the east) the center of the Roman Empire. Because of this‚ Western cities lost their power over the cities of the east; the west was less economically developed and less urbanized. The population in the west was also more spread out over a
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kingdom‚ took the king‚ Gelimer‚ prisoner to Constantinople‚ and re-estabished the authority of Caesar in Africa. In 535 Belisarius sailed for Sicily. The island was conquered at once. After a reverse in Dalmatia that province was also subdued. Belisarius in 536 took Rhegium and Naples‚ entered Rome in triumph‚ seized Ravenna‚ sustained a siege in Rome till 538‚ when the Goths retired. A second general‚ Narses‚ then arrived with reinforcements from Constantinople; Milan and all Liguria were taken in 539
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advanced from Asia Minor into Europe -Conquered the Balkans and a ton of other territory on the E Mediterranean -Rise set back temporarily in 1402 by Timur(civil war; reunification under Mehmed I -The Ottoman army under Mehmed II sacked Constantinople(end of Byzantine Empire -Ended up ruling most of the Arab world as well as extending all the way to Hungary+Black Sea
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Beginning in 541 AD‚ the Plague of Justinian occurred during Emperor Justinian’s reign originating from Egypt then rapidly moving to Constantinople through trade routes. The disease quickly spread throughout the Mediterranean and as far as England and Ireland‚ lasting for about two hundred years. This paper will focus on the first outbreak during 541 AD – 544 AD in Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. It must be noted that the figures concerning mortality is highly speculative‚ but it is certain that
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After becoming the bishop of Milan‚ Ambrose made many changes within the Western Church. He was accountable for the two first theological works written in Latin‚ which were De Sacramentis on the Sacraments and De Spirtu Sancto on the Holy Spirit. Ambrose was also able to instruct and strengthen the process of preparing for Baptism. He reformed the Church’s way of singing by introducing singing into the Western Church. The singing that was done in the church at the time was known as the “Ambrosian
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Philip of Swabia‚ the same with whom young Prince Alexius had taken refuge. Boniface and the young prince probably met when Boniface visited his liege lord’s court late in 1201. And now came the seeding of a new plan — the crusaders could stop at Constantinople on their way to Egypt‚ overthrow the usurper Alexius III and put the young Alexius on the imperial
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of the Ottoman Empire created a problem in Eastern Europe Rival interests in the region were a permanent threat to European peace: Russians wanted: Expansion into Slavic lands Secure the straits for access to the Mediterranean Recover Constantinople for Christian Orthodoxy Prevent Austrian expansion along their south-western boundaries Austrians wanted: Expansion into Serbian lands to counter Slav nationalism Protect their trade route down the Danube Prevent Russian expansion along
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move was in 446 a.d. when Theodosius II refused to pay tribute. He began another campaign against the Eastern Roman Empire. After the campaign started an earthquake struck Constantinople and the people tried as hard as they could to rebuild the walls and stop Attila. He had different plans. Instead‚ he surrounded Constantinople and terrorized the cities around it forcing Theodosius II to pay a staggering two thousand one hundred pounds of gold on a yearly basis. Attila turned his focus to France
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The empire itself became to large for one central authority to govern. The emperor Diocletian split the empire into two separate parts: eastern and western. Constantinople was the capital of the East and Rome remained the capital of the West. Both were individually ruled by their own emperor. The split happened after Constantine died and did not become permanent until 395 CE. Separate political parties controlled
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Throughout history there have been numerous counts of individuals who have seemingly sprung from nowhere and ravaged prosperous empires. Attila the Hun is no different. To most people‚ he is merely known as a mindless barbarian. Nothing about the man himself‚ his world‚ or his significance is ever discussed‚ which detracts from the influential person that he was. There was so much more to him than mere barbarism. Attila’s power derived from his astonishing character. He was brutal and arrogant‚ but
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