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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 ...
- Fall of The Western Roman Empire
The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall...
- Byzantine Greeks
The Byzantine Greeks were the Greek-speaking Eastern Romans...
- History of The Byzantine Empire
This history of the Byzantine Empire covers the history of...
- Empire of Trebizond
The Empire of Trebizond (Greek: Αυτοκρατορία της...
- Justinian The Great
Justinian I (/ dʒ ʌ ˈ s t ɪ n i ə n / just-IN-ee-ən; Latin:...
- Principality of Theodoro
The Principality of Theodoro (Greek: Αὐθεντία πόλεως...
- Sack of Constantinople
The sack of Constantinople occurred in April 1204 and marked...
- Constantine Xi
Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus...
- Byzantine Army
The Byzantine army was the primary military body of the...
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The etymology of Byzantium is unknown. It has been suggested that the name is of Thracian origin. It may be derived from the Thracian personal name Byzas which means "he-goat". Ancient Greek legend refers to the Greek king Byzas, the leader of the Megarian colonists and founder of the city. The name Lygos for the city, which likely corresponds to a...
The origins of Byzantium are shrouded in legend. Tradition says that Byzas of Megara (a city-state near Athens) founded the city when he sailed northeast across the Aegean Sea. The date is usually given as 667 BC on the authority of Herodotus, who states the city was founded 17 years after Chalcedon. Eusebius, who wrote almost 800 years later, date...
By the late Hellenistic or early Roman period (1st century BC), the star and crescent motif was associated to some degree with Byzantium; even though it became more widely used as the royal emblem of Mithradates VI Eupator (who for a time incorporated the city into his empire). Some Byzantine coins of the 1st century BC and later show the head of A...
Aristophanes of Byzantium, a scholar who flourished in Alexandria, 3rd–2nd century BC- 667 BC
Byzantine art originated and evolved from the Christianized Greek culture of the Eastern Roman Empire; content from both Christianity and classical Greek mythology were artistically expressed through Hellenistic modes of style and iconography.
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The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces that survived into the Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The capital of the empire was Constantinople.
- Eastern division of the Roman Empire[1]
Sep 19, 2018 · The Byzantine Empire existed from 330 to 1453. It is often called the Eastern Roman Empire or simply Byzantium. The Byzantine capital was founded at Constantinople by Constantine I (r. 306-337). The...
Byzantine Empire, Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony founded on the European side of the Bosporus. The city was taken in 330 ce by Constantine I, who refounded it as Constantinople.