HIST 010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nika Riots, Romulus Augustulus, Chariot Racing
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Lecture 11: 6th century, 500"s ad byzantine empire. Fall of western roman empire and survival of eastern roman empire (byzantine) Review: constantine legalized christianity for the first time and established a new, perma (constantinople, eastern part of the empire) Linguistics: easterners spoke greek and westerners spoke latin. During constantine"s reign, most people and major cities were in the east (wh wealth) Tax revenues for roman government came from east. Eastern provinces became much more valuable than western provinces. Most emperor"s spent their time in the east (ex. Cause constantine to build the permanent capital in the east in byzanti. Close to frontiers; allowed quick access for emperor if there were. City was called "new rome" and then called constantinople (330. Constantinople quickly became the largest and wealthiest city in the byzantine empire. Built on a peninsula surrounded by water on 3 sides. 3 large walls and a huge moat on land side: made it almost impossible to be a.
