The Byzantine Empire, the Greek eastern section of the old Roman Empire, survived the disintegration of the Latin West by approximately a thousand years. ... He was one of the most important figures from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, a period of time referred to as Late Antiquity in Europe and the Mediterranean. ... Instead, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and sacked the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. ... The Euphrasian Basilica was built in the middle of the 6th century and decorated with mosaics depicting the Theotokos fla...

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Other military victories that he commanded over were during conflicts with the Sassanid Empire in which he destroyed a Persian army thus securing his Eastern borders allowing him to focus on the west. ... Justinian is also remembered for establishing control over the western Mediterranean and the eastern part of the black sea which opened more trade routes and increased the Empires total annual revenue significantly (Wikipedia.org). ... It is clear that the artist wanted the attention of the viewer to be drawn to the middle, where a victorious Emperor Justinian I is shown riding his horse bac...

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