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There is not a Byzantine legacy to western Roman Europe. The reason for this is explained in the paragraph below. If anything, there was a degree of legacy to medieval Western Europe. Byzantine art was influential in medieval Italy and some other parts of Western Europe. Contact with the Byzantines in the First Crusade contributed to the development of Romanesque architecture, which was the predominant type of architecture in Western Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries. The capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks in 1453 led to Greek scholars fleeing to Italy. They taught Greek and classical Greek science, philosophy and literature, and thus created an interest in ancient Greece.
Byzantine Empire is a term which has been coined by historians to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part. The Romans did not use this term, they called it Roman Empire or Romania (this referred to this empire and not the country which was later called Romania). The eastern part of the Roman Empire continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire. This part of the empire was not Catholic. Its religion was Orthodox Christianity.
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What organization preserved most of the Roman legacy?
The Christian Church preserved much of the Roman legacy. The Byzantines preserved both Roman law as well as Greek culture. The Byzantine Empire was known as the "Shield of Europe", and protected Europe from barbaric invasion, as well as from the destruction of culture.
Which Roman era lasted the longest the Roman monarchy the Roman Republic the Western Roman Empire or the Byzantine Empire?
The Byzantine Empire lasted for a millennium.
What did historians call the western roman empire?
They called in the Western Roman empire. The only change of any of the roman empires was in the eastern roman empire. The eastern roman empire changed into the Byzantine Empire
How did the fall of the western Roman Empire impact Europe?
The Western Roman Empire was Western Europe
What empire came before the byzantine empire?
The Eastern Roman Empire. It became the Byzantine empire after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
Why did the Byzantine Empire flourish after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Emperor Justinian was able to bring back many traits and traditions of the Roman empire. Justinian not only was able to revive the Roman Empire, but was able to create his own legacy. (yes, I am in AP World History)
Where Ancient Rome?
The Roman Empire included a large sum of Europe. The Holy Roman Empire(Medieval Period) expanded over all of Western Europe and bordered the Byzantine Empire. The city of Rome is located on the Italian Peninsula.
Way in which the eastern byzantine was diffrent from the weastern byzantine empire?
There is no such thing as a western Byzantine Empire, only an east (Byzantine) and west Roman Empire.
Why was Constantinople more advanced than western Europe?
Constantinople thrived especially when the western portion of the Roman Empire fell. It served as perhaps the most advanced part of Europe at that time, as Western Europe was in complete chaos. Western Europe had been controlled by the Roman Empire for nearly 1,000 years and the Empire just fell. This is what forced Europe into the Dark Ages, where Europeans lived in fear and barely left their home. It also prevented Western Europe from advancing. Meanwhile, in the surviving eastern portion of the Roman Empire, or now called the Byzantine Empire, the people were thriving, especially those in the capital, Constantinople. Nothing was preventing this empire from advancing, and that's just what it did. The Byzantine Empire went on to rule for another 1,000 years!
What was the importance of Constantinople?
When the Roman Empire was split into two, and the Western Roman Empire was then taken over by the Germanic invaders, for a thousand years Constantinople (ex-Byzantium) was the capital and centre of the Roman (Byzantine) Empire, maintaining the Graeco-Roman civilisation in a Europe degrading into the Dark Age. It maintained this remnant of civilisation for long enough for the Renaissance in central and western Europe to begin the long hard road to modern civilisation, until the Byzantine Empire was snuffed out by the Turkish invaders.
What extent was the Byzantine Empire a continuation of the Roman Empire?
Yes. the Byzantine empire is just another name for the Roman empire when it was headquartered in the east. The citizens there considered themselves Romans and lived under Roman law and Roman customs.
What happened after the roman empire collapsed?
Western Europe (Eastern part of the Roman Empire did not collapse and became known as the Byzantine Empire) went into a period of chaos, then arose in the feudal society (Middle Ages)
