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The Roman empire was so spread out, it made it harder to govern.
One of their
strategies included incorporating conquered people into the empire.
In the beginning, this
incorporation was successful but by the 3
rd
and 4
th
century, conquered people were more loyal
to their commanders thus leading them into a constant succession of civil wars.
The longevity of the Byzantine Empire was able to thrive because around the 5
th
through
the 6th century when the Roman Empire had split, the Germanics took control of the West and
Constantinople became the new capital of a new Roman Empire in the East.
Constantinople
was also referred to as the Byzantine Empire or Byzantium.
They still called themselves Romans.
The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman state.
Much or the classical knowledge
and the Roman traditions for posterity were preserved in the East. The Byzantine church was
under the direct control of the emperor (Berger 2016).
In the beginning of the 6
th
century, the Byzantine Army was lethal, vast, and able to deal
with threats from the Hunnic and Sassanid invaders.
The greatest of all the eastern emperors
was Justinian (Kreis, 2009).
He wanted to restore the Empire to its formal glory.
“Justinian
understood that a strong government could not exist without good law” (Kries, 2009).
He
created a commission of 16 men who worked for six years and studied more than 2000 text
which produced the Corpus Juris Civilis – the Body of Civil Law.
It became the standard legal
work and is one of the most sophisticated legal systems produced and symbolized the effort to
reunite a well-governed Empire.
Reference:
Berger, E., et al. (2016), World History: Culture, States, and Societies to 1500.
University of
North Georgia Press
Kreis, S. (2020), The History Guide: Revolutionizing Education in the Spirit of Socratic Wisdom.
http://www.historyguide.org/index.html
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