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| Byzantium | an old Greek city, renamed Constantinople that became the center of the Byzantine Empire; present -day Istanbul |
| Constantinople | the capital of the Byzantine Empire |
| Commodus | A.D. 161- 192 Ancient Roman emperor who succeeded his father, Marcus Aurelius, and began the decline of the Roman Empire |
| Diocletian | c. 245-316 Ancient Roman emperor who succeeded his fahter, Marcus Aurelius, and began the decline of the Roman Empire |
| Romulus Augustus | c. 464 -- ? Last emperor of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476 at age of 12 reigned only eleven months |
| auction | to sell something to the highest bidder |
| pope | the leader of the Roman Catholic Church |
| pillage | to rob |
| vandal | a person who destroys property |
| Byzantine Orthodox Church | the early Christian church in the Eastern Roman Empire of which the emperor was head |
| Roman Catholic Church | the early Christian churh in the Western Roman Empire of which the Pope was head |
| Byzantine Empire | an empire of lands formerly part of the Roman Empire with its center at the city of Constantinople |
