- The
Byzantine Empire, also
known as the
Eastern Roman Empire, was the
continuation of the
Roman Empire centred on
Constantinople during late antiquity...
- The
Byzantine Empire's history is
generally periodised from late
antiquity until the Fall of
Constantinople in 1453 AD. From the 3rd to 6th centuries,...
- Latin. The
Byzantine Empire was the
direct legal continuation of the
eastern half of the
Roman Empire following the
division of the
Roman Empire in 395....
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Since its fall, the
issue of
succession to the
Byzantine Empire has been a
major point of
contention both geopolitically, with
different states laying...
- Ages. They were the main
inhabitants of the
lands of the
Byzantine Empire (Eastern
Roman Empire), of
Constantinople and Asia
Minor (modern Turkey), the...
- The
Byzantine Empire experienced cycles of
growth and
decay over the
course of
nearly a
thousand years,
including major losses during the
early Muslim...
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Slavery was
common in the
early Roman Empire and
classical Greece. It was
legal in the
Byzantine Empire but it was
transformed significantly from the...
- of and
topical guide to the
Byzantine Empire:
Byzantine Empire (or Byzantium) – the Constantinople-centred
Roman Empire of the
Middle Ages. It is also...
- The
Byzantine Empire was
ruled by the
Palaiologos dynasty in the
period between 1261 and 1453, from the
restoration of
Byzantine rule to Constantinople...
-
remained a
senior court title in the
Eastern or
Byzantine Empire. Originally, as in the
classical Roman Empire, it was used for the heir apparent, and was...
