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Constantine | emperor of the eastern roman empire |
Constantinople | City on the eastern edge of Europe that the emperor Constantine made the capital of the Byzantine Empire in 330 C.E. |
Mural | A Painting on a wall |
Mosaic | a picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone |
Fresco | a picture painted on the moist plaster of a wall or ceiling |
Vault | an arched structure used to hold up a ceiling or a |
Dome | A roof shaped like a half circle or hemisphere |
Cathedral | a large and important church |
Aqueduct | a pipe or channel built to carry water between distant places |
Byzantine empire | a great Empire that strattled two continents, Europe and Asia |
Orthodox church | a Christian religion that arose in the Byzantine empire |
Patriarch | in the eastern orthodox church, the bishop of an important city. |