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What became the state religion of the byzantine empire?
The state religion of the Byzantine Empire, during the entire time we refer to it by that name, was Christianity.
What did the eastern portion of the roman empire became known as?
It was known, while it existed, simply as the Roman Empire. In order to distinguish it from the Western Roman Empire, historians have taken to calling it the Byzantine Empire. This name refers to Byzantium, which was the original name of the city of Constantinople, the Eastern Roman Empire's capitol.
Why do modern scholars refer to the Eastern Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire?
It's capital was Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople after the emperor Constantine.
What was the name of the eastern empire of rome?
You should be more specific as to what you are referring to by eastern empire. I will assume that you mean the eastern part of the Roman Empire. Historians have coined the term Byzantine Empire to refer to the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part of this empire. The western part fell under the strain of the invasions by Germanic peoples. The eastern part was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for nearly 1000 years. The people in question did not know the term Byzantine and called their empire Roman Empire.
Why do you refer to the empire centered in constantinople as the byantine empire?
The adjective "byzantine" comes from the name of the city Byzantium, where the capitol of the eastern empire was located under the name of Constantinople.The adjective "byzantine" comes from the name of the city Byzantium, where the capitol of the eastern empire was located under the name of Constantinople.The adjective "byzantine" comes from the name of the city Byzantium, where the capitol of the eastern empire was located under the name of Constantinople.The adjective "byzantine" comes from the name of the city Byzantium, where the capitol of the eastern empire was located under the name of Constantinople.The adjective "byzantine" comes from the name of the city Byzantium, where the capitol of the eastern empire was located under the name of Constantinople.The adjective "byzantine" comes from the name of the city Byzantium, where the capitol of the eastern empire was located under the name of Constantinople.The adjective "byzantine" comes from the name of the city Byzantium, where the capitol of the eastern empire was located under the name of Constantinople.The adjective "byzantine" comes from the name of the city Byzantium, where the capitol of the eastern empire was located under the name of Constantinople.The adjective "byzantine" comes from the name of the city Byzantium, where the capitol of the eastern empire was located under the name of Constantinople.
What empire did Ivan the great declared Russia successor to?
Ivan the Great thought his Russian Empire was the continuation of the Byzantine or Roman Empire. This was because he married a niece of the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire and so considered himself to be a continuation of that line. His belief caused him to refer to himself as Czar (Russian for Caesar). His grandson Ivan IV (the Terrible) had himself crowned as Czar thereby making the title formal.
What were the duties of the emperors in the Byzantine Empire?
Byzantine Empire is a term historians have coined to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire in 476. The western part fell under the weight of the invasions by Germanic peoples. The eastern part was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist from another 1,000 years. The term Byzantine is derived from Byzantium, the name of the Greek city of Byzantium which was redeveloped, turned into the imperial capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire and renamed Constantinople (city of Constantine) by Constantine the Great in 330. It is used to refer tot the fact that this empire quite soon became centred on Greece and Greek in character after it lost most of its non-Greek territories. Greek replaced Latin as the official language of this empire in 620, about 150 years after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire. The Romans did not use this term. They used Roman Empire or Romania (which did not refer to the modern county of Romania). The Byzantine emperors did what emperos do. They ruled their empire
What was the Byzantine Empire and what are the origins of the empire?
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, but when Rome fell to barbaric conquerors such as Alaric the Byzantine Empire stayed strong. Constantinople, named after Constantine, the Roman Emperor who converted to Christianity on the battlefield, was originally called Byzantium, and it was the center of the Byzantine Empire. The two most famous people of the Byzantine Empire was Emperor Justinian and his empress, Theodora. They were famous because of their efforts to reunite the Mediterranean under Roman rule. Unfortunately Theodora died of cancer in June of 548, but she and her husband reconquered the Mediterranean before her death.
Did the Greek empire fall before the Roman empire?
Becuase they were weak The Greeks never had an empire. All they were globally were a collection of independent city-states. Alexander the Great tried to establish an empire but at his death it all fell apart. So there is no comparison.
What was the date of fall of the eastern roman empire?
You do not specify which eastern empire you are referring to. If you mean the Byzantine Empire, which is a term used by historians to refer to the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of its western part, it fell in 1453, when the Ottoman Turks captured its capital, Constantinople.
What was Thessaly called in the dark ages?
Thessaly was known as Hellas in the Medieval period when it was ruled by the Byzantine Empire. Historian do not like to refer to it as the dark ages, because it implies the whole world was in turmoil.
Does Byzantium refer to both the state and culture of the eastern roman empire during the middle ages?
Yes, state, culture and art. Note that it is a term invented by historians, but the actual term is Byzantine. Byzantium is the name of a city (Constantinople) nothing more, while Byzantine covers the state, culture and art.
