Question

What was the ultimate impact of Justinian’s constant wars to rebuild the Byzantine Empire?

Re-institution of Rome as the empire's capital

Weakening of the army due to being spread across the empire

Sustained occupation of the old Western Roman provinces

Long-term dominance of the Byzantine Empire

Answer 1

Answer: D.  The Roman Emperor Constantine I, also called Constantine the Great (272-337) built his residence in Byzantium, and the city now known as Instanbul was called Constantinople after his name, (New Rome was a title that wasn't official).  It became the capital of the Byzantine Empire that lasted more than one thousand years.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) Long-term dominance of the Byzantine Empire.

The ultimate impact of Justinian’s constant wars to rebuild the Byzantine Empire was long-term dominance of the Byzantine Empire.

Constantine I or Constantine the Roman Emperor who rebuild the Byzantine Empire. Constantine was born in 482 in the Balkans. He was a peasant in his youth. He was the cousin of Justine I, who later became a Byzantine Emperor.  

When Constantine became the Emperor, he recaptured territory that once belonged to Rome, built great monuments and buildings, conquered new territories, and established the jurisprudence of Roman law, the foundation of the modern legal system. All of this for the long-term dominance of the Byzantine Empire. He also named Constantinople the capital of the Empire.