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Early Byzantine (c. 330–750) The. Emperor Constantine. adopted Christianity and in 330 moved his capital from Rome to Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), at the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. Christianity flourished and gradually supplanted the Greco-Roman gods that had once defined Roman religion and culture.
Buildings for a minority religion. Officially Byzantine architecture begins with. Constantine. , but the seeds for its development were sown at least a century before the. Edict of Milan. (313) granted toleration to Christianity. Although limited physical evidence survives, a combination of archaeology and texts may help us to understand the ...
Periods of Byzantine history. Early Byzantine (including Iconoclasm) c. 330–843. Middle Byzantine c. 843–1204. The Fourth Crusade & Latin Empire 1204–1261. Late Byzantine 1261–1453. Post-Byzantine after 1453. Santa Sabina, Rome, 422–432 (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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During the almost sixty years of occupation by the crusaders (or “Latins,” as the Byzantines often referred to western Europeans during this period), Constantinople was looted of countless artworks. Many of these impressive artworks are now in museums and churches all over Europe. Venice, which provided the ships for the Fourth Crusade ...
The Coptic period. The term 'Coptic period' is a very approximate one; it may be thought of as running from the third century until around the time of the visible decline of Christianity in the ninth century. It is roughly equivalent to the Byzantine period elsewhere in the Mediterranean world. Christianity arrived in Egypt from Judea.
