Justinian expanded the Byzantine Empire through means of war and the conquering other lands. The additions of the former Roman provinces of Italia, Baetica, and Africa Proconsularis expanded the Byzantine Empire to it's largest point in history.
The emperor Aurelian (reigned 270-275) reunited the Roman Empire by defeating two breakaway parts of the empire which had seceded. These were the Palmyrene Empire (260-273, Syria large parts of Turkey, Palestine and Egypt) and the Gallic Empire (260-274, Britannia, Gallia, Germania and, initially, Hispania).
North Africa and Italy.
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire
The Byzantine Empire is best know for its role in spreading Christianity and for its capital city, Constantinople, which was originally Byzantium, but Emperor Constantine moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople during the last years of the Roman Empire. Back to Christianity, the Byzantines spread Christianity throughout their lands from Russia to modern-day Turkey. The spread of Christianity stopped when the Umayyad Caliphate in the Middle East rapidly began conquering lands and making many people change from Christianity to Islam.
Justinian expanded the Byzantine Empire through means of war and the conquering other lands. The additions of the former Roman provinces of Italia, Baetica, and Africa Proconsularis expanded the Byzantine Empire to it's largest point in history.
All of the western lands of the old empire became part of the Byzantine Empire.
Justinian I wanted to 'reconquer' the land lost by the empire in the west as a result of the Germanic invasions. He succeeded in retaking Italy, Africa and part of Spain. However, these lands were soon lost.
The emperor Aurelian (reigned 270-275) reunited the Roman Empire by defeating two breakaway parts of the empire which had seceded. These were the Palmyrene Empire (260-273, Syria large parts of Turkey, Palestine and Egypt) and the Gallic Empire (260-274, Britannia, Gallia, Germania and, initially, Hispania).
North Africa and Italy.
How were lands that were once part of the Byzantine Empire added to the Islamic world?
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire
After the fall of the western part of the Roman empire which was caused by the Germanic invasions, Justinian I set out to reconquer the the lands it lost. He managed to retake Italy, northwestern Africa and southern Spain. This gave him control of the western basin of the Mediterranean. It had to be noted that Justinian I reconquered only a small part of the former lands in the west. Portugal most of Spain, Gaul (France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland south of the river Rhine) Britain, Switzerland and Austria remained in the hands of the conquerors. A few years after Justinian's death, the Byzantine Empire lost most of Italy due to an invasion by the Lombards and the Visigoths took southern Spain sixty years later.
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The Byzantine Empire is best know for its role in spreading Christianity and for its capital city, Constantinople, which was originally Byzantium, but Emperor Constantine moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople during the last years of the Roman Empire. Back to Christianity, the Byzantines spread Christianity throughout their lands from Russia to modern-day Turkey. The spread of Christianity stopped when the Umayyad Caliphate in the Middle East rapidly began conquering lands and making many people change from Christianity to Islam.
Justinian reconquered former lands of the western part of the Roman Empire: Italy, Tunisia, western Libya and eastern Algeria, and southern Spain. The latter was the westernmost one.