| A | B |
| 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 |