HIST 010H Lecture 6: 6
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Next week for final: the emergence of europe: chapter 12 1st heading. Battle of adrianople, 378ce: visigoth victory revealed rome"s internal weakness, encouraged other germanic tribes to flood across the northern border of the roman. Empire: led to fall of western roman empire. Emperor theodosius i: made treaty with the visigoths, allowing them to stay in roman territory, made christianity the official religion of the roman empire in 391, permanently divided the empire into east and west in 395. City of constantinople: has water on three sides, 4th side is a wall built in 330 and continued wall around the coast line, as the city grew, theodosius ii grew a 2nd wall, wall was triple layered. Justinian the great: emperor of byzantium 527-565: wanted to be emperor of whole emperor and not just the east, commissioned army to go to west and take back land.
