The Byzantine Empire was very similar to the Western Roman Empire. Both empires endorsed the use of Greco-Roman culture. They practically lived in the same places, and had the same culture. For instance, both Empires focused not only on the value of regular life, but on an extravagant life. They would regularly attended chariot races,theatre, and buy art. They both also valued education, literature, and art. As we learned earlier in the year, the specialization of people in jobs only can happen when regular life and survival are figured out. This shows that they established very stable food supplies and population after the Dark Ages. Next is the government, both were ruled by a sole leader called the emperor. They had almost all the power