Question

Justinian and Theodora's reign over the Byzantine Empire is marked by all of the following EXCEPT:

Justinian and Theodora's reign over the Byzantine Empire is marked by all of the following EXCEPT:


Helped transform the capital of Constantinople into a city with great churches


Expanded the empire across the Mediterranean and doubled in size


Commissioned the creation of many sets of laws called Justinian's Rules that no one in the future would use as a model

Answer 1

The correct answer should be
Helped transform the capital of Constantinople into a city with great churches.

That's because he didn't focus much on religion because he was a despot. He did expand and double the size of the Byzantium empire, taking back most of what used to be the Roman empire, going as far as Spain and controlling North Africa and Italy. He did also have a revision of all laws to create a better legislative system and better legislature.