Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
The Eastern Roman Empire became known as -
correct answer ✅Byzantine Empire
Justinian -
correct answer ✅- helped lead Byzantines to revival of glory and
power of the Roman empire
Justinian Code -
correct answer ✅- collection of laws of the Roman Empire
4 parts of the Justinian Code -
correct answer ✅- Code: useful roman laws
- Digest: roman legal opinions
- Institutes: guide for law students
- Novellae: laws passed after AD534
name some areas the Justinian code covered -
correct answer ✅crime , marriage , property , slavery
, Chapter 10.1: The Byzantine Empire
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
what happened to the Western Empire -
correct answer ✅defeated by Germanic tribes
Byzantine empire consisted of -
correct answer ✅Greece , Asia Minor , Egypt , Syria
1 of Byzantines' greatest contributions to civilization -
correct answer ✅preservation of Roman law
The justinian code preserved the Roman idea that people should by
ruled how? -
correct answer ✅ruled by laws rather than by the whims of
leaders
basis of english civil law
theodora -
correct answer ✅Justinian's wife and legal adviser
Because of Theodora, Justinian changed Byzantine law to -
correct answer ✅affect the status of women