The Byzantine Empire, the Greek eastern section of the old Roman Empire, survived the disintegration of the Latin West by approximately a thousand years. ... During his reign, Justinian I sought to revive the Empire's greatness by reconquering the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire and the Gothic Wars, which took place between 535 AD and 568 AD, were motivated by that very cause. Justinian I was determined to recover provinces of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost to invading barbaric tribes in the previous century, the Migration Period. ... The sea becam...

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There are essentially three major forces that account for the change from the old Roman Empire, to the medieval European order. ... With the disintegration of the Roman Empire, by the three factors mentioned above there ensued a melding of barbarian, non-Roman and Roman cultures which became known as Christendom. ... The Land of Palestine had for many generations after the death of Christ been part of the Roman Empire. ... It was by breaking with the traditions of their Jewish countrymen that the first Christians spread their gospels throughout the Roma...

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The Roman Empire was one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen, reaching far across modern day Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. ... He was the Roman Emperor from the years 306 to 337, and was eventually thought of as the founder of the Eastern Roman Empire. ... In the year 306 Constantine was named a caesar and became the Emperor of the Roman Empire. ... It was a time of celebration and pride for the Roman Empire. ... The legacy of Constantine the Great is one that contributes to the mighty success and power of the Roman Empire. ...

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A Nation of Greatness Falls to Ruins The Roman Empire is a civilization that can never be forgotten. ... The fall of the Roman Empire is a topic that many have found of great interest. ... It was a gradual decay, which makes the fall of the Roman Empire so tragic. ... For, the Roman Empire came to success under pagan beliefs and ended under Christianity. ... Race mixture played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire. ...

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Attila, on the other hand, united all the Hun tribes in Western Europe and some parts of Eastern Asia to destroy the ever-growing Western Roman Empire. ... Attila advanced his army to the Western Roman Empire. By doing so, Attila helped in the destruction of the Roman Empire. ... They advanced on the Western Empire a handful more times and still failed. 100 years after Attila's death the whole Roman empire collapsed, due to the help of the Hun armies. ... Without Attila advancing to Western Roman Empire there might have been no stopping Rome from controlling the whole world. ...

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Charlemagne: Man and Myth In 476 ad the Roman Empire was under attack from Germanic barbarians from all around. ... In front of a crowd of Roman people Romulus was beheaded, so too was the Roman Empire. ... This not only signaled a revival of the good old days in Europe but also the creation of the Carolingian or Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne held the title of Holy Roman Empire until his death. Charlemagne tried to close the breach between the Byzantine Empire and the new Carolingian Empire to again from the Roman Empire. ...

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During the time of the Roman Republic, women were controlled by the men in their lives, having no rights of their own (The Roman Family). ... Upon his will, his children "could be disowned, sold into slavery, or even killed" (The Roman Empire). ... It was assumed that these children were sold into slavery (The Roman Empire). ... Passing down the family name was very important, so in cases where no male son was born, one was adopted (The Roman Empire). ... Because the infant mortality rate was high, women were given legal rewards for successful childbearing (The Roman Empire). ...

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Byzantine art was developed in the Eastern Roman Empire between 330AD and 1453AD. It was the first ever Christian empire its capital was Constantinople, now known as Istanbul. ... From this statement we can gather that Byzantine and Classicism are connected to some degree as the Byzantine era is indeed the reign of the Roman Empire. ... Vsari was an artistic biographer in the 16th century he believed that the new Christianity of the Roman world took classicism out of life, stripping away the beauty of Roman culture. ... The Byzantine Empire left its mark on the culture never to be entirely...

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The Middle Ages began with the fall of the Roman Empire and ended with a great renaissance. ... In 900 A.D., after the collapse of the Roman Empire in Western Europe and the barbarian invasions, between 200 and 300 great noble families came about. ... Benedict was a Roman aristocrat that ran a monastery, St. ... It may have started with the fall of an empire, but it made progress and eventually developed into a great era....

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" With this treasure Charlemagne was able to fund further military campaigns, as well as also being able to reward the barons, whose allegiance he needed in order to keep the Empire stable. ... Williams acknowledges this fact and argues that ethnic assertion and religious zeal lay at the very centre of Charlemagne's rule, thus hinting to the reader that Western Europe's unification as a single Christian empire was Charlemagne's prime ambition. ... At a great ceremony in Rome on Christmas Day 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charles as Emperor and Augustus, Emperor of the Romans...

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