what are the similarities between the byzantine and roman empires?
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Both of the Empires has the same form of government, Authoritarian, also both were ruled by hereditary rulers. The empires had differing main languages, in the Roman Empire they mainly spoke latin and in the Byzantine Empire the most common language was Greek.
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The beginnings of the Byzantine Empire lie in the decision of Roman emperor Constantine I to relocate the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium on 11 May 330 CE. The popular name Constantinople or 'City of Constantine' soon replaced the emperor's own official choice of 'New Rome'.
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Sea trade was less expensive than land trade and the fact that Rome was more of a naval empire than the Han Dynasty meant that commerce played a greater role in the Roman economy. The Han Dynasty, unlike the Romans, relied on free labor rather than slaves for agriculture.
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['The Fall of Western Roman Empire (476 AD)', 'Charles the Hammer and the Battle of Tours (732 AD)', 'Charlemagne, the Emperor of Romans (800 AD)', 'Treaty of Verdun (843 AD)', 'The Ottonian Holy Roman Empire of Germany (962 AD)', 'The Battle of Hastings (1066 AD)', 'Declaration of Magna Carta (1215 AD)', 'The Great Famine (1315-1317 AD)']
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Constantinople was the center of Byzantine trade and culture and was incredibly diverse. The Byzantine Empire had an important cultural legacy, both on the Orthodox Church and on the revival of Greek and Roman studies, which influenced the Renaissance.
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Classicism and neoclassicism are both reminiscent of ancient Greek art. Classicism and neoclassicism are both reminiscent of ancient Greek art.
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Why did the Byzantine Empire have such a blending of cultures? Cultures from different lands within the empire blended together. How did church and government work together in the Byzantine Empire? Byzantines believed their emperor represented Jesus Christ on Earth, and was therefore crowned in a religious ceremony.
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Long answer: Because it had a healthy foundation on economy, societal order, religion, army and administration. The Byzantine Empire got all the vices of the Roman Empire corrected - and the Byzantine Empire was everything what the Roman Empire should have been.
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Unlike Western Europe in the Middle Ages, the Byzantine Empire is not romanticized in television and film. In the medieval West, the Roman Empire fragmented, but in the Byzantine East, it remained a strong, centrally-focused political entity.
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The Byzantine Empire thrived longer than the Ottoman Empire; however, the Ottoman Empire symbolizes diversity more than the former. These empires shared similarities with the civilizations that they superseded, and they never tried to change all that they had inherited from them.
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Why was the Byzantine empire so important to Western Europe? Explain. M it protected the west from barbarians and kept the Roman and Greek cultures alive. Science, Technology, and the arts flourished there as well.
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Similarities: The architecture of the temples of Nepal and ancient Greek structures are similar. Both the countries have distinct and unique culture and traditions. Ancient Greece and Nepal both are highly religious and have various gods.
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Perhaps the greatest importance of the Byzantine Empire was its continuity. ... Byzantium had carried many aspects of the Roman Empire into the medieval period, and Europe carried many aspects of Byzantium into the modern era. Although the Byzantine bridge that spanned the Middle Ages crumbled, its legacy continues.
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While it is true that Latin was influenced by Greek in ways other than vocabulary—such as grammar—, most similarities between Greek words and Latin words you observe are probably due to their common ancestor, the hypothetical Proto-Indo-European language, in which the Indo-European family of languages originated.
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The Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire) was the name of the eastern remnant of the Roman Empire which survived into the Middle Ages. Its capital was Constantinople, which today is in Turkey and is now called Istanbul.
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The location of Byzantium attracted Roman Emperor Constantine I who, in AD 330, refounded it as an imperial residence inspired by Rome itself. (See Nova Roma.) After his death the city was called Constantinople (Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις, Konstantinoupolis, "city of Constantine").
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Byzantines held more theoretical view about Jesus. Though Byzantines believe in humanity of Christ, but his divinity is more emphasized in Greek Orthodoxy or Eastern Church. Roman Catholics believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ but emphasizes on his humanity.