4. Western europe
•left without a strong centralized
government due to the breakdown
of the Roman Empire.
•Germanic invaders raided western
European cities and monasteries.
•many city dwellers moved into
the countryside in hopes of greater
safety.
•A new social and political system
known as feudalism developed.
The impact of roman impire
Eastern europe
⬗Became known as byzantine
empire
⬗survived for a thousand years
after the western half had
crumbled into various feudal
kingdom
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5. Consequences
⬗Emperor moved the capital of the Roman
Empire to Constantinople, which replaced
Rome.
⬗ the empire was permanently divided between
the Eastern Roman Empire, with its capital in
Constantinople
⬗ and the Western Roman Empire, of which
Rome was a key city.
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6. 6
schism between
thechurches of
Constantinople and
Rome.
⬗East-West communication was
further hampered
⬗the language of the East tended to
be Greek which known as Orthodox
Christians
⬗Latin was the language of the
church in the West and became known
as Catholics Christians
⬗official union between the churches
were not wholly successful.
⬗compromise and exchange were
widespread in the arts.
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Economic Reasons
Rich vs. Poor; high taxes; lower classes couldn’t afford goods = slow down of trade
Political Reasons
No orderly succession – revolts/civil wars common; corruption increased
Military Reasons
Conquered people absorbed into military but not loyal to Rome; Empire became too big; invasions from neighbors could not be stopped
Social Reasons
Plague, War, religious divisions after rise of Christianity
The city of Rome, increasing gradually in power and influence, created through political rule and the spread of the Latin language something like a nation out of this abundance of nationalities. In this the Romans were favoured by their kinship with the other Italic tribes. The Roman and Italic elements in Italy, moreover, were reinforced in the beginning through the founding of colonies by Rome and by other towns in Latium. The Italic element in Roman towns decreased: a process—less racial than cultural—called the Romanization of the provinces. In the 3rd century BCE, central and southern Italy were dotted with Roman colonies, and the system was to be extended to ever more distant regions up to imperial times. As its dominion spread throughout Italy and covered the entire Mediterranean basin, Rome received an influx of people of the most varied origins, including eventually vast numbers from Asia and Africa.
much of western Europe was left without a strong centralized government due to the breakdown of the Roman Empire. With little organized resistance, Germanic invaders raided western European cities and monasteries. Because kings were often too weak to repel the invaders, many city dwellers moved into the countryside in hopes of greater safety. As a result of the invasions, and a weak central government, a new social and political system known as feudalism developed. Strong local lords formed a strict code of behavior and allegiances which became the foundation of feudal life.
, Emperor moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople, which replaced Rome. , the empire was permanently divided between the Eastern Roman Empire, with its capital in Constantinople, and the Western Roman Empire, of which Rome was a key city. The last Roman Emperor to rule the united empire, Theodosius I, died in 395, and socio-political changes soon brought the Western Roman Empire to the brink of collapse.
The Great Schism is referred to as the East-West Schism because it took place along these geographical lines, ones that reference the division of the Roman Empire. During the 4th century AD, Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople, which replaced Rome as the most powerful imperial city. By the end of that century, the empire was permanently divided between the Eastern Roman Empire, with its capital in Constantinople, and the Western Roman Empire, of which Rome was a key city. The last Roman Emperor to rule the united empire, Theodosius I, died in 395, and socio-political changes soon brought the Western Roman Empire to the brink of collapse.
When the Western Empire disintegrated in the 5th century, its lands were conquered and ruled by Germanic tribes, while the Eastern Empire lived on for nearly an entire millennium. This caused the social, cultural, and political makeup of the West to quickly diverge from that of the East. East-West communication was further hampered because while the language of the East tended to be Greek, Latin was the language of the church in the West.
The Great Schism separated Eastern Christians and Western Christians, who each respectively became known as Orthodox Christians and Catholics.
east-west schism
As new states arose in the West, the Roman Pope also grew in power. The emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, founded by the Frankish king Charlemagne in 800, were crowned and legitimized by the Pope of Rome. These developments in the West were not mimicked in the East, where the Eastern Roman Empire lived on. As Rome's political power waxed in the West, the other patriarchal churches of the East resisted its growing sense of superiority over them.
