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Why did Emperor Justinian kill all those people in the hippodrome?
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Why did the emperor refuse to surrender during world war 2?
The emperor made bad decisions from the start of the war. Sending a pilot to kill himself made the Japanese one less aircraft and one less pilot. The Japanese soldiers also charged in packs making their deaths imminent like sitting ducks. No surrender at Hiroshima was another bad decision on his part.
Which Roman Emperor endorsed Christianity and made it the official Roman religion?
Constantine was the first emperor to *accept* Christianity but he did *not* make it the official religion of the Roman Empire. Constantine did put a stop to Christian persecution, returned Christian property from pagans and reduced support for pagan religion.On February 27 380 Theodosius I "... declared "Catholic Christianity" the only legitimate imperial religion, ending state support for the traditional Roman religion."This was over 40 years after Constantine had died.Christian persecutions still continued - those following other variants of it.
Why was Emperor Constantine important?
He made it the state religion and when he captured people in one of his wars they had a choice to convert or die.
Was Germany a strong state by the 1400s?
No, already in those days Germany consisted of several different states, doing more or less as they pleased, and the authority of the Emperor was weak.
What did survivors in Pompeii do after the eruption of Vesuvius?
Those who could afford it, sent their slaves back to the city to try and rescue items left behind and to assess the damage. The poorer people took advantage of the aid that the emperor Titus sent and found a new place to live and work.Those who could afford it, sent their slaves back to the city to try and rescue items left behind and to assess the damage. The poorer people took advantage of the aid that the emperor Titus sent and found a new place to live and work.Those who could afford it, sent their slaves back to the city to try and rescue items left behind and to assess the damage. The poorer people took advantage of the aid that the emperor Titus sent and found a new place to live and work.Those who could afford it, sent their slaves back to the city to try and rescue items left behind and to assess the damage. The poorer people took advantage of the aid that the emperor Titus sent and found a new place to live and work.Those who could afford it, sent their slaves back to the city to try and rescue items left behind and to assess the damage. The poorer people took advantage of the aid that the emperor Titus sent and found a new place to live and work.Those who could afford it, sent their slaves back to the city to try and rescue items left behind and to assess the damage. The poorer people took advantage of the aid that the emperor Titus sent and found a new place to live and work.Those who could afford it, sent their slaves back to the city to try and rescue items left behind and to assess the damage. The poorer people took advantage of the aid that the emperor Titus sent and found a new place to live and work.Those who could afford it, sent their slaves back to the city to try and rescue items left behind and to assess the damage. The poorer people took advantage of the aid that the emperor Titus sent and found a new place to live and work.Those who could afford it, sent their slaves back to the city to try and rescue items left behind and to assess the damage. The poorer people took advantage of the aid that the emperor Titus sent and found a new place to live and work.
What is the Romans civilization?
The expression "civil law" has a number of meanings. In this context it refers to those legal systems which derive their principles from the legal code of Justinian, a Roman emperor, as opposed to English common law.
What happened from 527ad to565ad?
During this time North Africa witnessed the extinction of the Vandal kingdom by the Byzantine General Belisarius. Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia all were reconquered by the Byzantines, either under the General Belisarius or the eunuch chamberlain Narses. Italy was the home to a long, brutal war between the Ostrogothic Kingdom and the Byzantine forces. Eventually the Byzantines conquered the Kingdom and for a short while Italy was again held by their Empire. The Franks established themselves in modern day France while the Visigoths strengthened their hold on Spain. In the East there was a continuing war with the Sassanid Persian Empire. Also the great former Orthodox Church the Hagia Sophia was built during this time. It would be the largest Christian church until the late middle ages. Previous to these conquests however, there as also an event known as the Nika riots. In the city of Constantinople, capital of the eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantine Empire, there were two primary chariot teams, the Blues and the Greens. By this time in history those two parties were also political factions that had their own armies and faction houses throughout the Empire. During one particular race things got out of hand between some fans and a brawl erupted, resulting in a number of deaths once the soldiers were called in to restore the peace. Justinian ordered a number of ring leaders to be executed as examples. As it so happens, two of the people to be executed survived and were quickly taken into sanctuary at a nearby church. One of those men was a high ranking member of the Blues, the other a high ranking member of the Greens. Justinian ordered them to be executed, but rioting broke out in the city, for once the two factions having a common cause. They demanded that the men be released but Justinian would not allow it. The next day he wanted to start the games in the Hippodrome, and as he took his seat in the Imperial Box, the crowd was screaming "NIKA, NIKA!" the Greek word for win, or victory. Soon more rioting began as it spilled into the streets buildings began to be burnt and the mob was running wild. Justinian was almost ready to flee the city when his wife, the Empress Theodora demanded that he and his retinue stay. Justinian luckily had Belisarius in the capital with some soldiers who were just returning from the Persian front, and another general, the Gepid Prince Mundus was passing through the capital with 10,000 Herulian soldiers. Justinian ordered these two to take separate routs through the ruined city towards the Hippodrome, were Justinian had told the mob to assemble and he would step down from the throne. As Justinian entered the Imperial box, the mob produced Hypastius, a friend of Justinian and nephew to the former emperor Anastasius. They demanded that he be made Emperor and as Justinian distracted the crowd, Narses with the Imperial Guard blocked the exits and the Imperial troops under Belisarius and Mundus entered the Hippodrome and attacked the mob. In a matter of minutes over 30,000 Blues and Greens were dead across the Hippodrome and the Nika riots were over. Hypastius was executed along with some other serious leaders, and never again was Justinian questioned by his subjects. Then there was the plague of Justinian, so named after the great Byzantine Emperor Justinian I who presided over the above mentioned conquests. This plague at its height saw thousands die a day and would eventually spell the end of over 25 million lives throughout the Empire. Even the Emperor Justinian himself was afflicted with what was then known as "the demon", although he recovered, he would for the rest of his long life be sickly.
How has Justinian code affect the modern world?
When the proposer Justinian went out into the world of us human beings, he came with a purpose, and that purpose was to become the ruler of the whole 1st century. He did this by creating a code that was spread all over the Roman city and this affected the modern world by showing those who don't have much, his successfully show of his unique code.
What was Justinian's contribuations to Roman law?
Under Justinian, Roman law was consolidated and revised. Justinian's legal scholars took the complex of Roman laws and eliminated those which were redundant or outdated. This work eventually became the basis or foundation of much of western legal traditions.
Who was the Roman emperor from 79 -81 a.d.?
Titus (son of Vespasian) was sole emperor during those years.
What were the Nika riots and how did they begin?
The Nika riot began on Tuesday, January 13, AD 532. Three days earlier, several members of the Blue and Green factions, who had been arrested for an earlier disturbance, were to be hanged. But the execution was botched and two men survived and found sanctuary in a church, which then was put under guard. During the races in the Hippodrome, the crowd called on Justinian to show them mercy, chanting until the twenty-second race (of twenty four). But there was no response. Then, unexpectedly, another exclamation was heard: "Long live the merciful Blues and Greens!" (Malalas, XVIII.474). That evening, with Nika ("conquer," an exclamation used to encourage the charioteer) as their watchword, the two united factions demanded that the city prefect release the prisoners, setting fire to the Praetorium when he did not. The fire spread and others were set the next day, even though Justinian had announced additional races, a gesture that only emboldened the rioters, who set fire to the Hippodrome itself.Now the resignation of three unpopular ministers was demanded, those who were perceived to be responsible for Justinian's refusal to release the prisoners, to which the emperor conceded. When this did not mollify the crowd, a force of Goths was dispatched, but the insurrection could not be surpressed and there were more fires, which spread throughout the city, including the church of St. Sophia, which "collapsed entirely on all four sides" (Theopanes, 6024). On Thursday, Probus, the youngest nephew of the late Anastasius, was acclaimed emperor but he, prudently, was not to be found, his palace being burned down in his absence. The incendiarism continued for the next two days, aggravated during the fighting with Thracian troops. Finally, on Sunday, January 18, Justinian went to the imperial box, Gospels in hand, and acknowledged his errors, promising to redress the grievances of the populace and pardon the rioters. But they were not to be pacified and acclaimed Hypatius, another nephew of Anastasius, as ruler.
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