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What accounted for the Byzantine Empire's ability to outlast the western Roman Empire beyond the latter demise commencing in the fifth century CE?
Money and barbarians. Answer #2 Also, Diplomacy and marriage.
Who controlled the Western Roman Empire after it fell in the fifth century?
The Western Roman Empire faded by the end of the 5th AD century and the Middle Ages started while the Eastern Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
What century was Christianity accepted by the roman empire?
Christianity was officially accepted by the Roman empire in the fourth century.Christianity was officially accepted by the Roman empire in the fourth century.Christianity was officially accepted by the Roman empire in the fourth century.Christianity was officially accepted by the Roman empire in the fourth century.Christianity was officially accepted by the Roman empire in the fourth century.Christianity was officially accepted by the Roman empire in the fourth century.Christianity was officially accepted by the Roman empire in the fourth century.Christianity was officially accepted by the Roman empire in the fourth century.Christianity was officially accepted by the Roman empire in the fourth century.
Did salvs invade roman empire in the fourth and fifth centuries?
No There was not a Slav presence in central Europe in the 4th century. After the fall of the Huns, Slavs settled in the areas abandoned by the Germanic fleeing the Huns. This was in the late 5th century. It is thought that some Slav bands may have joined the Germanic invasions, but it is not certain. Expansion in this period occurred in The Czech Republic and Slovakia area and in the Balkans north of the Danube. It was also a period of state formation. Slav invasions of the areas of the Byzantine empire in the Balkans started in the 7th century. The Bulgars were pushed south of the lower Danube by the arrival of the Kazars in their area in the 680s. They created a Bulgarian empire which originally spun across both banks of the Danube. Serbs and Croats also expanded into the Balkans.
How did the byzantines preserve learning?
The Byzantines were both Roman and Greek. With the takeover of the western half of the Empire by the Germanic peoples in the fifth century CE, the eastern empire centred on Byzantium WAS the Roman Empire. Its inhabitants were Greek, but they saw themselves as Roman. So the 'preservation' was simply continuing as they had been - speaking Latin and Greek, maintaining libraries, pursuing cultural activities as usual. Interestingly, as the Byzantine Empire contracted, faded and eventually ceased to exist, much of the knowledge was preserved and passed on to us not by the European Christian countries which were mired in the Dark Age, but by the enlightened Islamic countries in Spain and the Middle East, before they fell back into their own Dark Age and left the Enlightenment in Europe to struggle into existence.
