The
____________________
Roman
Empire
survived
the
____________________
invasions
and
became
known
as
the
____________________
Empire
.
Its
capital
city
,
____________________
,
was
built
over
the
ancient
____________________
city
of
Byzantium
.
The
Emperor
____________________
(
527
-
565
)
and
his
wife
,
____________________
,
recaptured
much
of
the
Western
Roman
Empire
.
His
armies
defeated
the
____________________
in
North
Africa
,
the
____________________
in
Italy
and
the
____________________
in
southern
Hispania
.
The
economy
improved
thanks
to
____________________
and
gold
____________________
were
introduced
.
Justinian
unified
the
laws
and
collected
them
in
the
____________________
of
Justinian
.
