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Byzantium

Byzantium

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The eastern part of the Roman Empire after 395 AD that was based in Constantinople
  • proper noun
  • /bɪˈzæn.ti.əm/
translation icon : Bizancio
  • After the fall of Rome, Byzantium continued to thrive for centuries.
  • medieval Byzantium
  • Byzantium (the second Rome)
  • Church of Byzantium

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Examples

  • The general austerity and rather iconic quality forcibly recall Byzantium; both Demus and Cahn have rightly described these as "provincial Byzantine."

    Academic text (1991)

  • The trade route along the Dnieper was known as "the route from the Varangians to Byzantium."

    Academic text (2000)

  • And it was being contested between Byzantium and Western Christianity.

    YaleCourses

  • To Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium

    The Message (1976)

  • A major challenge to this effort is the extreme dearth of glass surviving from medieval Byzantium.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Today, some scholars seem to want to believe in a Byzantium that idealized its rulers and cared above all for politics.

    Academic text (1997)

  • After departing, they visited Byzantium, where several of them enlisted as mercenaries.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The Fourth Crusade and the sack of Byzantium-Constantinople in 1204 made the schism between the Western and Eastern churches a reality.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Although the medieval Islamic world was a perennial political and military adversary of Byzantium, animosity did not preclude artistic exchange.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The city of Byzantium was a pivotal center of trade and culture during the Middle Ages.

Synonyms

Byzantine Empire
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The eastern part of the Roman Empire centered on Constantinople that lasted from about 395 to 1453

is the eastern part identified by its capital at Constantinople
Eastern Roman Empire
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The eastern part of the Roman Empire that continued after 395 with its capital at Constantinople

is the eastern part named by its capital rather than by region

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Byzantium was also used to mean the eastern Roman Empire because that empire had its capital at the city of Byzantium, later called Constantinople. That's why people call the eastern empire Byzantium and why we get the adjective Byzantine for things from that empire.