Byzantine Empire.—The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at Byzantium or Constantinople. The term Byzantine is therefore, employed to designate this Eastern survival of the ...
Justinian I - Ecclesiastical Reform, Byzantine Empire, Law: In the Byzantine Empire, church and state were indissolubly linked as essential aspects of a single Christian empire that was thought of as the terrestrial counterpart of the heavenly polity. It
Byzantine Empire - Justinian I, Constantinople, Legacy: After about 548 Roman fortunes improved, and by the mid-550s Justinian had won victories in most theatres of operation, with the notable and ominous exception of the Balkans. A tour of the frontiers
from northern England to Syria. However, it had become difficult to govern and rife with problems, so in A.D. 293, the emperor Diocletian introduced a system known as the tetrarchy. This effectively split the empire into four regions — two of which were ruled by emperors (augustus), and ...
and ritualized religious ceremonies governed every aspect of his public life. A fundamental feature of the imperial cult was the significance of victory. Victory of any kind, anywhere in the Empire, was associated with the emperor and became his victory; conversely, all victories emanated from the...
architecture : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire especially in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds...
The theory of impetus was also invented in the Byzantine Empire. 动力理论也起源于拜占庭帝国。 Ship mill is an invention made by the Byzantines, and was constructed in order to mill grains by using the energy of the stream of water. The technology eventually spread to the rest of Europe and...
And they [the Jewish teachers of the Khazars] said once more, “if we accept that He [the Anointed One] has already come, as you claim on the basis of the Prophets and other arguments, then how is it that the Roman Empire is still in power?” The Philosopher answered, “It is no...
If every decision is made with Sophia’s calculus, then order, stability, empire always win. There will never be any change, any independence, any justice. We are, and should be, creatures of the heart first.“The greater manipulation is to deceive yourself into believing you can always ...
until Justinian, while Luchetti 1990 is the only complete study of a subject that has been repeatedly studied—namely, the status of nonmarital children in relation to inheritance up to the legislation of Justinian, a status that changed several times during the early centuries of the empire.Ar...