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Diocletian | Roman emperor who divided the Roman Empire into eastern and western halves |
Attila | Leader of the Huns who led invasions against the Romans |
corruption | the decay of people’s values and virtue |
Justinian | Emperor of the eastern Roman Empire who organized all Roman laws |
Theodora | Wife of Justinian who helped him to rule effectively |
Byzantine Empire | the society that developed in the eastern Roman empire after the fall of the western Roman empire |
Justinian Code | laws used in the Byzantine Empire |
Hagia Sophia | church built in the Byzantine Empire |
Constantinople | capital of the Byzantine Empire |
Constantine | He moved the capital from Rome in the West to the east |