Empress Theodora‚ wife of Justinian the Great‚ was one of the most powerful women ever known to Byzantine history. She rose from the humblest of beginnings to become one of the most influential and great of individuals. As Justinian wrote in one of his laws‚ she was “our most pious consort given us by God.” As a result of her reverence for God‚ she understood how to rule the empire in such a way that reflected who she had been given authority from. She sought to shape the reforms of Justinian and to
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In my youth I was a wild child. I say wild child because I was careless and lacked respect for rules as well as authority. My wild characteristic carried into my first year of college at Bloomfield College‚ New Jersey. Now as a freshman one would care about one’s grades and college career‚ however I didn’t truly care. My care was more focused on the moments in life that we will never get back and the concept of owning up to one’s actions if they endanger another individual. My friend Robert from
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amplitudes. The relationship between the church and the wall paintings and mosaics are infinitely intertwined. Frescoes were often made during the late Medieval Period and the Renaissance‚ particularly in Italy. Frescoes (wall or ceiling paintings done on wet plaster) are found frequently in the catacombs. Most depict biblical subjects that reflect the Christian hope of salvation and eternal life (Cunningham‚ Reich 141). Mosaics on the other hand‚ consist of many small pieces of colored glass assembled
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The Mosaic Covenant is a conditional covenant made between God and the nation of Israel at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19-24). It is sometimes called the Sinai Covenant but is more often referred to as the Mosaic Covenant since Moses was God’s chosen leader of Israel at that time. The pattern of the covenant is very similar to other ancient covenants of that time because it is between a sovereign king (God) and his people or subjects (Israel). At the time of the covenant‚ God reminded the people of their
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Justinian was a Byzantine Emperor who helped to renew the Byzantine Empire that would leave an eternal legacy for Western Civilization. During Justinian’s reign‚ the Byzantine Empire was at a time of decline. With Justinian’s visions‚ he was able to lay out a foundation that would help the Byzantine Empire live for many years to come. Justinian was born in 483 AD at Tauresium in Illyricum in the Balkans of what is now central Europe. He was the nephew of Emperor Justin. His uncle Justin had passed
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One of the main messages in the New Testament is that the Mosaic Law is no longer applicable to the life of the Christian‚ this is stated unequivocally in many scriptures references‚ and nevertheless‚ there are those who insist that the Mosaic Law should still be observed most especially the Sabbath. Skeptics and others‚ accuse Christians of hypocrisy and inconsistencies in the application of the Law‚ that while Christians condemn homosexuality‚ for example‚ they neglect certain restrictions regarding
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Justinian‚ who reigned from 527 to 565 CE‚ is known as one of the most important roman and Byzantine emperors. Unlike most of the great rulers during this time‚ Justinian was not born into a royal family‚ he was born to a woman named Vigilantia in the town of Tauresium located in Macedonia. Luckily for Justinian‚ his uncle Justin was in the emperor’s imperial guard. Justin adopted Justinian and had him move to Constantinople‚ the capital of the
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societies are Empress Theodora and Queen Elizabeth. One way that Empress Theodora impacted her society was by giving a short speech and also one of the greatest short speech. The empress persuaded them to stay and fight instead of to flee to the shame of safety. After the speech Justinian gathered his generals and took back the empire. Her speech probably saved the Whole empire‚ and Justinian’s throne.(The World Almanac‚ p.27).Other than just giving a speech Empress Theodora also impacted her society
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It’s .5 by 1.0 micrometers in size- and it destroyed Europe. It’s Yersinia pestis‚ the bacterium that causes the plague. The Black Death and the Plague of Justinian had profound effects on society. Both cultures‚ when faced with the plague‚ reacted differently. The Plague of Justinian was the first recorded plague epidemic. It occurred in the 6th century‚ from around 541 to 542 A.D. It spread to the whole of the Byzantine empire and killed approximately 10-20 million people. It was said that the
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The increase in mosaics in churches in Late Antiquity and the Byzantine Era was largely due to the influence of the Roman Emperor Constantine (ruled from 306 to 337 AD). During his rule as emperor‚ Christianity became the major religion and there was a push for more buildings to house the followers of Christ. Along with the new buildings there was a need to decorate these places of worship accordingly and express the religion in a grandiose sort of way. Mosaics were generally the inexpensive and
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