Chapter 6 History Alive
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Blues and
Greens
2.
The Byzantine
Empire
Spectators had often fought with each other.
In 532, they were upset over the arrests of
some of their members. They united to
denouncing Justinian I. The rioting
continued for a week and Justinian and his
wife Theodora hid in the palace.
6.
Iconoclasm
Byzantine emperor Leo III banned the use of
religious images in all christian churches and
homes. The banned was later lifted out of
protest. The dispute over iconoclasm had caused
a major split between the east and west.
The name of the eastern Roman
empire,located at the crossroads of Europe
and Asia; it lasted from about 400 1453.
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4.
Conflict
Between East
and West
Byzantine emperors and patriarchs in
Constantinople clashed with popes in Rome
over a number of issues. These
disagreements led to a schism between the
Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern
Orthodox Church in 1054.
Justinian
Constantinople
the city off the eastern edge of Europe,
which Constantine made the capital of the
Roman Empire in 330 C.E.
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7.
Eastern
Orthodox
a Christian religion that developed out of
early Christianity in the Byzantine Empire
One of the greatest Byzantine emperors. He
rebuilt Constantinople after it was destroyed by
rioting in 532 and worked to reclaim some of
Rome's lost territory. His most lasting
contribution is his Code, which became the basis
for many other later legal codes int eh western
world.