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Byzantine wealth and defensible Constantinople let Justinian expand and enforce the Holy Trinity, but imperial peak quickly produces decline.
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Justinian
At its height under Justinian and Belisarius, Byzantium almost reconstituted the Roman Empire, but peak expansion created vulnerability to plague, overextension, and military-political rivalry.
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At its height under Justinian and Belisarius, Byzantium almost reconstituted the Roman Empire, but peak expansion created vulnerability to plague, overextension, and military-political rivalry.
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"...impossible to attack Constantinople by sea. And the Byzantine Empire, under Justinian, will expand and expand and enforce the Holy Trinity on all churches,..."
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"...this is the year 565. At this point, the emperor is Justinian. And at this point, the one who is leading the military of..."
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"...becomes susceptible to the plague. Okay. So there's something called the Justinian Plague, which wiped out. It wiped out anywhere between 50 to 60..."
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"...the emperor, comes into conflict with the general. So even though Justinian and Belisarius, they were great friends, the wives were great friends, they..."
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"...it. It's shown by the fact that since the rule of Justinian Byzantine law threatened severe punishments for the attempt to convert Christians to..."
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"...and take your throne. Okay. So because of what happened between Justinian and Belirius, basically this was the last time that the Byzantines embarked..."
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"...plagues, right? Disease. Plagues. So there are these plagues called the Justinian Plague that wiped out about 10 to 20 % of the population..."
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Rome fails to build a bureaucracy, Byzantium survives behind walls, and Western Europe is ruled by a stranger empire: a church that claims the sky, the soul, and the right to make impossible doctrine...
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Byzantium survives for a thousand years because it solves Rome's political problem.
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