- Byzantium - Wikipedia
Byzantium ( bɪˈzæntiəm, - ʃəm ) or Byzantion (Ancient Greek: Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul in modern times
- Byzantine Empire | History, Geography, Maps, Facts | Britannica
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
- Byzantium - World History Encyclopedia
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”
- Byzantine Empire: Definition, Religion Byzantium | HISTORY
Though the western half of the Roman Empire crumbled and fell in A D 476, the eastern half survived for 1,000 more years, spawning a rich tradition of art, literature and learning and serving as a
- Internet History Sourcebooks: Byzantium
Byzantium is the name given to both the state and the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire in the middle ages Both the state and the inhabitants always called themselves Roman, as did most of their neighbors
- Byzantine Empire - Wikipedia
Due to the imperial seat's move to Byzantium, the adoption of state Christianity, and the predominance of Greek instead of Latin, most historians make a distinction between the earlier Roman Empire and the later Byzantine Empire [5]
- Byzantium: a short history
In a nutshell, the Byzantine Empire may best be described as possessing Roman law and government, Christian religion, and Greek culture and language, although Latin was used frequently until at least the 7th century and used in some legal documents as late as the 12th-century
- Chapter 12: Byzantium – Origins of European Civilization
Byzantine civilization’s origins are to be found in the decision by the emperor Constantine to found a new capital in the Greek village of Byzantium, renamed Constantinople (“Constantine’s city”)
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