STUDIES
1. Compare the area of the Roman Empire in the East in 395 A.D. with its area in 800 A.D. (maps between pages 222-223 and facing page 308).
2. Compare the respective areas in 800 A.D. of the Roman Empire in the East and Charlemagne's empire.
3. On the map, page 338, locate Adrianople, Gallipoli, Nicaea, the Bosporus, Sea of Marmora, and Dardanelles.
4. Who were Belisarius, Chosroes II, and Heraclius?
5. In your opinion which of the two rival imperial lines after 800 A.D. had the better title to represent ancient Rome?
6. Why has Justinian been called the "lawgiver of civilization"?
7. Why was it necessary to codify Roman law? Is the English Common law codified?
8. Compare the work of Alexandrian and Byzantine scholars in preserving learning.
9. "The Byzantines were the teachers of the Slavs, as the Romans were of the Germans." Comment on this statement.
10. The Byzantine Empire was once called "a gigantic mass of mould, a thousand years old." Does this seem a fair description?
11. "The history of medieval civilization is, in large measure, the history of the Roman Empire in the East." Comment on this statement.
12. Show that Constantinople formed "a natural citadel."
13. On the map, page 340, trace the successive walls of Constantinople.