1. Review In the year 395 AD, the Roman Empire was divided into two parts: The ……………. …………… ……………. and the …………….. …………….. …………… In English: BC = Before Christ = antes de Cristo AD = Anno Domini = después de Cristo WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE

2. Review The capital of the Western Roman Empire was: Rome The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was: Constantinople

3. Review The Western Roman empire was soon invaded by the barbarians coming from the North For this reason, the Western Empire fell in the year ………………. Meanwhile, the Eastern Empire lived a time of splendour. (trades, great extension, construction of decorated buildings…) The Eastern Empire resisted until ………………… The Eastern Empire is also called …………………………………….. 395 1453 BYZANTINE EMPIRE

4. Some photos I come from an Italian city called Ravenna , which was very important during the Byzantine period. Many monuments of that time still exist. The interiors are all decorated with colourful and spectacular mosaics:

5. St. Vitale’s Church in Ravenna : Outside: And inside:

6. The touristic visit is over! Now we will talk about… THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE (Unit 4.3)

11. - Charlemagne died in 814, leaving the Empire to his son Louis the Pious ( Luis el Piadoso ) - Louis the Pious, with the treaty of Verdun (843) divided the Empire among his three sons : Charles, Lothair, and Louis This was the end of the Carolingian Empire.