CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Germanic culture
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Christianity to Persia
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the Latin language
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Greek culture and Roman law
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Detailed explanation-1: -Byzantium maintained not only Roman legal traditions and institutions but also the science and cultural works of Ancient Rome and Greece. In the West, the collapse of the Roman Empire had seen literacy fall away as fewer and fewer outside of the Church could read and write.
Detailed explanation-2: -Byzantium inherited most of its political institutions from the late Roman period. Similarly, Roman law constituted the basis for the Byzantine legal system. For many centuries, the two great codifications carried out by Theodosius II and Justinian respectively, were the cornerstones of Byzantine legislation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Continuities: The Byzantine Empire initially maintained many Roman systems of governance and law and aspects of Roman culture. The Byzantines called themselves “Roman". The term “Byzantine Empire” was not used until well after the fall of the Empire.