Byzantine is a name given by historians, during its time it was just considered the eastern roman empire. The byzantines have a lot of protection including waters surrounding it on 3 sides, an the 4th side there is 3 walls 70 ft tall and 40' thick. There is a chain that runs across the harbor stopping invaders. Daily life was extremely easy for the byzantines, there were guilds, a group of people that specializes in a certain trading business. Greek was the official language of the whole empire.
Emperor Justinian is the 16th ruler of the byzantine empire, he is highly influenced by his wife empress Theodora. Emperor Justinian led a powerful army and perfered to attack than to be attacked. He tried to take back the city of rome but he couldn't he contributed in destroying it. As the head of the church and state every emperor played a dual role. A throne was for 2 as a symbol of the emperors partnership with Jesus,every emperor ruled by devine right, the idea that he was chosen by god to rule.
The byzantines do many things for entertainment and recreation like, watching chariot racing.It wasn't as grusome as gladiator battles but people still died from crashing, getting trampled or thrown. many people also meet on the streets the public baths were also popular. During the summer the citizens put out tables so people could play board games. The byzantines still watch gladiator duels but its rare.
Eastern rome has one main religion, it is the birth place of Christianity. Jesus was born in 4 A.D. he is the main prophet of the religion. When Jesus was born he was believed and still believed to be the son of god. At the age of 30 he began preaching his beliefs, the jews killed for his controversial teachings. He died by crucifixion, he was bound to a cross and left to die. The Hagia Sophia in greek means holy wisdom, its construction started in 532 A.D.
Byzantine had its fall though,it fell when it got conquered by the ottomans. After that it had a decrecing economy, a decrecing military, and more invasions. constantanople was over populated too, it had over 4000 houses. On the other side the great schism might have had something to do with the fall. when they split there was over population, less protection, and a smaller military.