Two eras that illustrate this are the Roman Empire and the Byzantium Empire. ... The Romans also used portrait sculptures, which reflected the roman ideals about their people being stern as well as individual. ... The Romans were a militaristic Empire. ... In the Byzantium Empire the major theme was the idea of God and government. ... The main differences between the Roman and Byzantium Empire was that the Romans priorities were on the power of the military, and the use of propaganda, government, and the worship of different gods. ...

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A common system of law and government was what bound the Roman Empire together. ... In 50 years the Roman Empire had 26 leaders. ... The Roman Empire split in 330 B.C. was split by Diocletian. 2. The Middle East was in the East Roman Empire. 3. ... Political and economical reasons led to the fall of the Roman Empire. 5. ...

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Western Civilization Why did the Roman Empire collapse? ... The Roman Empire was a great change in the world. ... One historian says that Christianity may have had an effect on the Roman Empire to fall. ... There was lack of support in the Empire. ... The Empire would weaken. ...

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Empress Theodora was not your everyday woman who lived in the Byzantine Empire. In fact, she was the most powerful empress of the Byzantine Empire. ... Empress Theodoras intelligence helped advance the empire in many ways. ... He wanted nothing more than to marry her, but Roman law would not allow it. ... The former prostitute was now the empress of the Byzantine Empire. ...

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Ramban explains that since members of Edom were the first to embrace Christianity, the whole Roman Empire, which later accepted Christianity, is therefore christened (pun intended) Edom. ... Rashi explains that the four empires are Babel, Persia and Media, the Greeks, and the Romans. ... The effects of this are twofold: first, he felt that the world was still under the rule of the Roman Empire, which had been transformed into a Christian Empire. (Rashi lived in land controlled by the Holy Roman Empire, in fact.) ... Therefore he has a Greco-Roman and then a Moslem empire, leaving out the C...

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Since the permanent dividing of the Roman Empire in 395 ad, eastern rulers viewed themselves as the emperors of Rome. ... As far as their learning, the people study a lot from the Greeks and Romans, this influenced them to start speaking this. ... The main purposes for this was to preserve Roman law, define the law of the empire, and keep the idea that people need to be governed by law. ... The empire began to grow small. ... Therefore they split and had the Roman Catholic Church in the west, while the Orthodox Church was in the east. ...

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Constantius ruled as a Roman Emperor from 293 to 306, and took charge of most of the Roman province of Britannia. ... Though Constantine became his successor, he went through a lot of political challenges and civil wars in order to gain power of the Roman Empire. ... When Constantine the Great dies, the empire is divided into Latin West and Greek East. ... Constantine the Great was known to be brave and active, and he ruled the Roman Empire with fairness. ... He ruled the Roman Empire for thirty years, which is the longest period since Augustus, who was also a Roman emperor. ...

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He describes his rule as changing everything and making it worse for the people, and throwing the empires money away carelessly. ... Procopius also has a disdain for how Justinian left the Eastern Roman empire, places of worship were destroyed the common hard working people "far quitted the land of their fathers, and fled the country"(Atwater). ... His truth would have never been published for the people of the Eastern Roman Empire to read. ... Although Procopius had such strong opinions I believe he was right in a lot of ways since the empire ended up falling. ...

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The political and religious characteristics of the Byzantine Empire and of the kingdoms that emerged in England and France during the middle ages were very different and similar at the same time. The kingdoms that emerged in England and France during the middle ages used feudalism, while the Byzantine Empire did not. ... The kingdoms that emerged in England and France during the middle ages used feudalism, a type of political and economic system, while the Byzantine Empire did not. ... The empire lived by a simplified version of the Roman law called the "Code of Justinian". ... The Byzanti...

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During the 1000s the Seljuk Turks, people from central Asia who had adopted the Muslim faith, conquered Palestine and attacked Asia Minor, which was part of the Byzantine Empire. ... In this Crusade, King Luis VII of France and the Holy Roman Emperor, Conrad III led their armies across Europe to the Holy Land. ... King Richard of England, King Philip Augustus of France, and Emperor Frederick Barboarossa of the Holy Roman Empire each started out at the head of a great army to regain the Holy Land. ...

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