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    Byzantium. Coordinates: 41°00′55″N 28°59′05″E. Byzantium ( / bɪˈzæntiəm, - ʃəm /) or Byzantion ( Ancient Greek: Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Thracian settlement and later a Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity which is known as Istanbul today.

  2. May 6, 2024 · Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453.

  3. Feb 21, 2013 · The ancient city of Byzantium was founded by Greek colonists from Megara around 657 BCE. According to the historian Tacitus, it was built on the European side of the Strait of Bosporus on the order of the “god of Delphi ” who said to build “opposite the land of the blind”.

  4. The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The eastern half of the Empire survived the conditions that caused the fall of the West in the 5th century AD, and continued to exist until the fall of Constantinople ...

  5. Aug 24, 2010 · Updated: May 31, 2023 | Original: August 24, 2010. The Byzantine Empire was a vast and powerful civilization with origins that can be traced to A.D. 330, when the Roman emperor Constantine I ...

  6. Sep 19, 2018 · The Byzantine Empire was the longest-lasting medieval power, and its influence continues today, especially in the religion, art, architecture, and laws of many Western states, Eastern and Central Europe, and Russia.

  7. History of the Byzantine Empire; Territorial development of the Byzantine Empire (330–1453) Preceding; Roman Empire. Dominate; Early period (330–717) Tetrarchy era; Constantinian–Valentinianic era (Constantinian dynasty – Valentinianic dynasty) Theodosian era; Leonid era; Justinian era; Heraclian era; Twenty Years' Anarchy; Middle ...

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