Byzantium - Wikipedia
WEBByzantium (/ b ɪ ˈ z æ n t i ə m,-ʃ ə m /) 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.
Byzantine Empire | History, Geography, Maps, & Facts
WEBMar 25, 2024 · Modern historians use the term Byzantine Empire to distinguish the state from the western portion of the Roman Empire. The name refers to Byzantium, an ancient Greek colony and transit point that became the location of the Byzantine Empire’s capital city, Constantinople. Inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire would have self-identified as ...
Byzantine Empire - Wikipedia
WEBSucceeded by. Roman Empire. Ottoman Empire. 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.
Byzantine Empire: Definition, Religion & Byzantium | HISTORY
WEBAug 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 ...
Byzantium - World History Encyclopedia
WEBFeb 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 …
History of the Byzantine Empire - Wikipedia
WEBThis history of the Byzantine Empire covers the history of the Eastern Roman Empire from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD. Several events from the 4th to 6th centuries mark the transitional period during which …
Byzantine Empire - World History Encyclopedia
WEBSep 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.
Byzantine Empire from 330 CE to 1453 | Britannica
WEBByzantine 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.
Byzantium (ca. 330–1453) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBIn 330 A.D., the first Christian ruler of the Roman empire, Constantine the Great (r. 306–337) ( 26.229 ), transferred the ancient imperial capital from Rome to the city of Byzantion located on the easternmost territory of the European continent, at a major intersection of east-west trade. The emperor renamed this ancient port city ...
About the chronological periods of the Byzantine Empire
WEBDec 6, 2023 · The history of Byzantium is remarkably long. If we reckon the history of the Eastern Roman Empire from the dedication of Constantinople in 330 until its fall to the Ottomans in 1453, the empire endured for some 1,123 years. Scholars typically divide Byzantine history into three major periods: Early Byzantium, Middle Byzantium, and …
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