Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire

Byzantine Empire

Eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western half.

Constantinople

Capital of the Byzantine Empire (and Eastern Roman)

Hagia Sophia

Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I

Pope

Head of the Roman Catholic Church

Patriarch

Head of the Eastern Orthodox Church

icon or icons

Religious images used in practices by the Eastern Christians to help their devotions

Great Schism

the official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches that occurred in 1054

Constatntine

Moved the capital of the Empire to the East and renamed the city after himself

Justinian

Byzantine emperor (527-565) remembered for reconquest of much of the former western Roman Empire, updating law, and ordering the building of the Hagia Sophia

Theodora

the wife of Justinian, she helped to improve the status of women in the Byzantinian Empire

Justinian Code

A collection of laws that updated Roman law and reflected Christian values

Greco-Roman

having the characteristics of Roman culture with a strong Greek influence