1. What was Justinian's major goal as ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire? 2. What were some of the not-so-great tactics and methods he used in trying to achieve that goal?

3. What do you think about the way Justinian responded to the Nika Riots? Was it the smart thing to do politically? Was it the right thing to do ethically?

4. What is your opinion of Empress Theodora, the wife of Justinian?

5. Do you think Justinian should be blamed for the deaths from the plague? Why or why not?

6. Overall, do you think Justinian should be remembered as Justinian the Great or Justinian the Terrible? Explain the basis for your opinion.

1. He wanted to retake the west

2. Though not directly, he definitely made liberal interpretations of things like treaties and alliances

3. It was definitely the smart thing to do politically, assuring that no other challenges to his rule would arise in his lifetime. Ethically... maybe letting half the city burn and slaughtering the entirety of the rioters in the stadium was wrong? I think killing people like that is wrong.

4. She was a brilliant political thinker and an integral part of Justinian's rule. Without her advise he probably woulda been deposed during the Nika Riots, or perhaps not managed to maneuver his way into all of the legal reforms he managed to institute

5. Not... really, while his wars certainly helped spread it, trade was an essential part of life and the plague would have ravaged the people anyways.

6. Justinian's ambition and drive, as well as his frankly herculean efforts to make the roman empire a lustrous figure again make it hard not to think of him as anything other than the great. That said don't slaughter people in a stadium, it's a bad look.

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the answer to number 5 is fort sumter

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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