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Early Byzantine (c. 330–750) The. Emperor Constantine. adopted Christianity and in 330 moved his capital from Rome to Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), at the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. Christianity flourished and gradually supplanted the Greco-Roman gods that had once defined Roman religion and culture.
Buildings for a minority religion. Officially Byzantine architecture begins with. Constantine. , but the seeds for its development were sown at least a century before the. Edict of Milan. (313) granted toleration to Christianity. Although limited physical evidence survives, a combination of archaeology and texts may help us to understand the ...
In 1203 a fourth expedition of crusaders were on their way to the Holy Land when they were again diverted to Constantinople. Alexios Angelos—the son of deposed emperor Isaac II Angelos—enlisted the help of the crusaders to restore his father to the throne. Although he and his father did manage to rule jointly with the help of the crusaders ...
The “Iconoclastic Controversy” over religious images was a defining moment in the history of the Eastern Roman “Byzantine” Empire. Centered in Byzantium’s capital of Constantinople (modern Istanbul) from the 700s–843, imperial and Church authorities debated whether religious images should be used in Christian worship or banned.
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