HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Sophia (Wisdom), Monothelitism, Miaphysitism
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By the time he did in 565, belisarius had won victories against the goths in italy, the. Vandals in africa and the bulgars in east. The italian peninsula was back in byzantine control along with north africa and parts of. Belisarius would have his visage immortalized in the san vitale mosaics of ravenna, next to. Justinian also died in 565, but his militaristic and expansionist foreign policy accounted for one part of his legacy. Justinian took an interest in cultural developments in constantinople and beyond, which meant theological developments. In 553, the second council of constantinople sought to repair schisms going back to the councils of ephesus and chalcedon. The council and related events led to further schisms over the place of thinkers like origen and. Debates continued between chalcedonians and miaphysites, monothelites and monoenergists. Justinian imposed standards not just on theology, but also on the law.