HIST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Nika Riots, Last Roman Emperor, Late Antiquity
23 Jul 2016
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Gibbon"s work was said to have a powerful influence: the belief of moral decline as a reason for the "fall" is still used as argument, even montesquieu believes that the reason for the fall is the moral decline. Eastern kingdom did not fall: the barbarians did not just kill off every roman. Gibbon states that this was the end of western empire and the beginning of barbarian. Anastasius i (r. 474-518 ce) is ruling in the east: ended military dispute with persians. Justin(r. 518-527 ce) byzantine empire: a soldier who rose through the rank. "byzantine empire: modern term coinage designate the eastern roman empire after the fall of the western roman empire This is the last time the roman would recover the western part of the empire. Last roman emperor to speak latin as native language. Procopius ca. 507-565: most important historian of late antiquity. He believes his topic is important part discussed in history.
