Question

Drag and drop key elements of culture to match the old Roman empire, before its split, and the Byzantine empire.

(2 points)
Put responses in the correct input to answer the question. Select a response, navigate to the desired input and insert the response. Responses can be selected and inserted using the space bar, enter key, left mouse button or touchpad. Responses can also be moved by dragging with a mouse.
Roman empire

Byzantine empire

Answer 1

Roman empire (before the split)
- Latin language and literature
- Roman pagan religion (traditional Roman gods, state cults)
- Roman law and republican/imperial legal traditions
- Roman engineering/architecture (roads, aqueducts, amphitheaters)
- Western provinces and Latin-based cultures
- Senate and traditional Roman political institutions

Byzantine empire
- Greek language as the main administrative/cultural language
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity (state church, liturgy)
- Constantinople as capital and trade/urban center
- Byzantine art and architecture (icons, mosaics, domes)
- Preservation/transmission of Greek and Roman learning
- Justinian’s codification of Roman law, strong centralized bureaucracy