Table of Contents
- 1 What did slaves do in the Byzantine Empire?
- 2 How were foreigners treated in the Byzantine Empire?
- 3 How did the Byzantine Empire maintain power?
- 4 What does this first excerpt tell you about slaves and slavery in the Byzantine Empire?
- 5 In what ways did the Byzantine Empire maintain characteristics from the ancient Roman Empire?
What did slaves do in the Byzantine Empire?
As in antiquity, slaves were also acquired by rich medieval households as domestics, but unlike Greek and Roman societies, both Byzantine and Arab societies used slaves in militia forces and as bodyguards.
How were foreigners treated in the Byzantine Empire?
Indeed, the great number of eunuchs in Constantinople in general often astonished foreign visitors. Finally, castration and other physical mutilations were a common punishment in Byzantine law, indicating the general social disdain in which eunuchs were held by just about everybody.
What does the first document tell you about slavery in the Byzantine Empire How do you think slaves were treated what rights do slaves have?
The first sample says that slaves were in power of their masters. The slaves were treated differently based on their masters, but probably unfairly. Review Law Number 17. They also bound the rulers to laws agreed on by the government.
How did the Byzantine Empire maintain power?
The Byzantine emperor (and sometimes empress) ruled as an absolute monarch and was the commander-in-chief of the army and head of the Church and government. He controlled the state finances, and he appointed or dismissed nobles at will, granting them wealth and lands or taking them away.
What does this first excerpt tell you about slaves and slavery in the Byzantine Empire?
The first sample says that slaves were in power of their masters. The slaves were treated differently based on their masters, but probably unfairly.
How did the Byzantine Empire gain consolidate and maintain power?
Justinian and Theodora gained, consolidated, and maintained power by growing up in different childhoods and going through different experiences, while also being two different people, and holding true to the codes.
In what ways did the Byzantine Empire maintain characteristics from the ancient Roman Empire?
Byzantium maintained not only Roman legal traditions and institutions but also the science and cultural works of Ancient Rome and Greece. In the West, the collapse of the Roman Empire had seen literacy fall away as fewer and fewer outside of the Church could read and write. This did not happen in the East.