HIST 10800 Lecture 6: Byzantine Empire
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Byzantine nobleman justinian took over the eastern roman empire, the. Justinian"s best general, belisarius, was sent to recover north africa from. He attacked rome two years later, seizing it from ostrogoths, through repeated attacks on rome. Justinian"s armies conquered italy, and parts of spain new caesar. absolute power of state/church. Brutal politics in the byzantine empire many emperors were assassinated/killed/had fled. Unified western and eastern empire legal experts to regulate society. Looked through all roman laws, creating a uniform code the justinian code. Consisted of four works: the code (5,000 useful roman laws), digest (quoted and summarized opinions of legal thinkers, including 50 volumes), institutes (law textbook, including how to use laws), and novellae (new laws and legislation after 534 c. e. ) Questions on marriage/slavery/property/inheritance/woman"s rights/criminal justice answered. Fortifications of constantinople workers constructed 14-mile stone wall along the city"s coastline, repairing fortifications along the western land border. Justinian also built churches, including the reconstruction of the hagia sophia, meaning.
