The Roman Empire And The Byzantine Empire

Rome, a prosperous empire was greatly on the rise from 500BC - 500AD. Experienced many new architectural achievements including the aqueduct, Hadrian’s Wall, The Colosseum, and the Pantheon. But during the late stages in the empires existence, the western part was invaded by barbaric Germanic tribes who wanted to take the Roman empire over. The west eventually fell, but a new empire arose which is essentially “The New Roman Empire” The Byzantine Empire. They Byzantines incorporated Roman architecture, laws, and religion into the founding of the Byzantine Empire.

Through the chaos and anarchy from the destruction of Rome emerged a powerful empire. It all began in 323CE when a young general named Constantine became the Emperor of Rome. He was quick to make some changes, including moving the imperial capital from Rome to Byzantium, but he renamed it Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire was separated from the Roman Empire’s collapse so it managed to survive and maintain order in the east.

The Roman Realm, at its stature (c. 117 CE), was the most broad political and social structure in western progress. By 285 CE the domain had become too immeasurable to ever be ruled from the focal government at Rome as was partitioned by Head Diocletian into a Western and an Eastern Realm. The Roman Domain started when Augustus Caesar turned into the primary ruler of Rome (31 BCE) and finished, in the west, when the last Roman sovereign, Romulus Augustulus, was ousted by the Germanic Lord Odoacer (476 CE). In the east, it proceeded as the Byzantine Domain until the demise of Constantine XI and the fall of Constantinople to the Stool Turks in 1453 CE. The impact of the Roman Domain on western progress was significant in its enduring commitments

Ancient civilizations, specifically Greek and Roman civilizations, played various significant roles throughout the main civilizations in the Common Era. Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman from the Ancient civilization since the Roman emperor Constantine moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium and changed its name to Constantinople, known as the center city of Christian world. The political identity of Byzantine Empire can be traced back to one of the Imperial Rome. The empire had one emperor who made all decisions in the empire. The member of senate was appointed by the Emperor to be the figure-head. However, during Justinian’s reign, he tried to revise the Roman Law code and summarized all laws so that the court can refer to. Some of the architecture style during that time was resemble to the Roman architecture. For example, The Hague Sophia was the combination of longitudinal shape of the Roman basilica with a domed central plan. Regarding the infusion of the Greek culture, it could be easily seen by looking

Despite the collapse of the Roman Empire, Europe still stood, separating into two different areas, governed two different ways. Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire had very different government structures. The Western half became Western Europe with popes, and princes ruling at that time. The Eastern half became The Byzantine

While Constantine was trying to create resistance against outside attack by partitioning his armed force and assets among the east and west, this activity in the long run brought about the division of Rome. The opposition between the two capital's religious pioneers turned into a source of dispute between the two urban communities, adding to the detachment of east and western Rome. In the year 395 the east and west side of Rome had become two autonomous states. The division of the Late Roman Empire, rather than reinforcing a now smaller country, created shortcomings that surrounding countries could abuse and manipulate. Eventually, Rome had lost most of the control of its borders and Gothic tribes crossed over and settled in the Empire. These new people relocated to Rome in part for security from the Huns who were a threat from the East, but they arrived in numbers so large that they were not able to be properly assimilated and integrated into Roman culture. The Gothics never did adapt into Roman culture and eventually revolted adding the fall of Rome. Furthermore during the 5th century, the Western Empire fell victim to

The western Roman Empire came to an end in the latepeter the great's rule was notable for his effort to

Politics and Power Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire is the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. It was founded as the new Rome by Emperor Constantine in 330. On the year 527, Justinian became the emperor of Byzantine and reconquered much of the former Roman empire. Besides having the same and former land as Rome, the Byzantine empire also had many similar qualities as the Roman empire. For example, the most important quality, to be able to absorb gathered information from nearby empires and use them to their benefit.

In 285 A.D. Emperor Diocletian, upon judging the empire too big for one ruler to adequately manage, split the Roman Empire into two. As the western half of the Roman Empire succumbed to a barrage of nomadic invasions, the eastern empire stayed grounded in Constantinople for another millennia. Each half believed itself to be Roman, but the likenesses halt there. Factors like institutional supremacy, Western disintegration, along with the locations of the halves contributed to the development of distinct religious, cultural, and political differences.

Apart from the geological differences, there were also political and lingual differences between the East and West. Communication was difficult between the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West, as the church and other leaders no longer read, let alone spoke the language of the other half of the Christian world. The language barrier separated the civilizations greatly. Apart from lingual differences, there were also political differences within both the church and the empires. Both sides had differing views on who should hold power in the church. On the eastern side, the Byzantine emperor was also the leader in the church. His name was Michael Cerularius,

The Byzantine Empire was one of the many great nations in human history. The Byzantine empire was formed in 330 A.D when Constantine moved the Roman Empire capital from Rome to the Greek city of Byzantium, in what is now modern day Turkey. Constantine eventually changed the name of the capital city to Constantinople. Constantinople remained the capital of the empire for the rest of its days. The movement of the capital, however, led to the division of the Roman Empire into Western and Eastern Rome. Although the west fell, the east survived and eventually became the Byzantine empire, which would last for hundreds of years. A combination of advanced technology, specialized workers, complex institutions, advanced cities, and record keeping made the Byzantine empire one of the leading civilizations of its time.

Though both had similar roots, they both took these similar bases & formed it into their own way. Both the Byzantine Empire and Ancient Roman have similar aspects, but each one made it unique. To better understand the similarities and differences of the Byzantine Empire and Ancient Romans one must look at each civilization’s cultural ideas, religion, & dependence on lower class.

Due to the collapse of the Roman Empire, it split into two separate regions: the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe. Both empires followed different paths of development. For example, Western Europe was isolated from the rest of the world due to Europe’s geography, but due to suitable farming conditions, they had the ability to farm, which in turn supported a growing population. Meanwhile, the Byzantine Empire is much more prosperous than its western counterpart due to the efforts of Justinian, whose goal was to bring back the lifestyle of Ancient Rome. There are many similarities and differences between the political and religious institutions of medieval Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire.

The Roman Empire was eventually bested by Vikins and Germans, leading to a break of European dominance during the Middle Ages. This void was filled by Genghis Khan who created the largest empire during the Middle Ages. It eventually fell and was replaced by a European power well-known to Americans, the British Empire. The most recent centuries have seen a rise of European and Asian empires: Spanish, French, German/Ottoman, Russian, Japanese, Qing.

The western and eastern provinces of the Roman Empire drifted apart in the fourth century when Diocletian and Constantine began making their reforms. As invasions increased, the western Roman empire finally fell to Germanic invaders in 476 CE. Even though the western province collapsed, the eastern province survived and grew into the great Byzantine empire. There were many leaders of the Byzantine empire, but the empire reached its height under Emperor Justinian in the sixth century. Unlike the fallen Western province of the Roman empire, Justinian developed a centralized government where all power and decision-making was concentrated in one unit instead of having power in the hands of many different people in different locations.