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The western part of the Roman Empire fell under the weight of the invasions by the Germanic peoples. The eastern part was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years. Historians have coined the term Byzantine Empire to indicate the eastern part after the fall of the western one. The people in question did not know this term and called their empire Roman Empire.

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