HST 197 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Systematic Review, Corpus Juris Civilis, Bejeweled
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Eastern half of roman empire suffered from germanic peoples invasions, but it didn"t collapse. Political challenge for rulers in this region was to restore order following the invasions. In 6th century, byzantine rulers even tried to restore roman authority throughout the. Political challenges were greater in the west because the germanic peoples settled. Germanic invaders disrupted roman authority, deposed roman officials and imposed mediterranean basin down in the western region new states of their own making. Roman emperor constantine designated byzantine as the site of the new imperial capital that he called constantinople. This was the wealthiest, most productive region of the roman empire. To also enabled constantine to keep a close watch on the sasanid empire and the. Constantine filled the city with libraries, museums and artistic treasures. He constructed marble palaces, churches, baths and public buildings. The city kept the name constantinople until it fell to the ottoman turks, who renamed it.
