At the time of the Roman Empire the church of the eastern part of the empire was called Eastern or Greek. Later it came to be called Orthodox.
It was also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire.
The only connection between the two was the name "Roman Empire" . The Roman empire was (mostly) pre-Christian and Mediterranean in culture, although absorbing other cultures in their expansion, while the "Holy" Roman empire was Germanic and Christian in culture.
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern part of the Roman Empire that carried on after the fall of Rome. Western Europe was the area that was where the fall of Rome happened. During this time, the Byzantine Empire was conquering and prospering while the West was in chaos. The West was in chaos because the Roman Empire was in control for 1,000 years and it just suddenly collapsed due to Barbaric attacks. The east, however, was able to keep stable throughout the madness and went on to rule for another 1,000 years.
Constantinople - officially renamed to its modern Turkish name Istanbul in 1930.
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Because the western empire was plagued by invasions and existed only in name by the 5th century. The eastern empire by contrast survived until 1447
It was also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire.
The last Roman emperor of the west was Romulus Augustulus. The last emperor of the east was Constantine XI Dragases.
The Byzantine Empire is just the modern name of the continuation of the Roman Empire from its eastern capital Constantinople, built on the site of the city of Byzantium. The Church in that part of the world was a continuation of the apostolic Church from earliest times. It is known as the Greek Orthodox Church.
The Byzantine Empire is just the modern name of the continuation of the Roman Empire from its eastern capital Constantinople, built on the site of the city of Byzantium. The Church in that part of the world was a continuation of the apostolic Church from earliest times. It is known as the Greek Orthodox Church.
They were all the same. Murder, rapes, explotiation, just like today's Catholic church. Repugnant, everything bad they did was and is in the name of religion.
The Roman empire gets its name from the Romans, the people of Rome, who created this empire
The Byzantine Empire is an alyernate name for the Eastern Roman Empire
The only connection between the two was the name "Roman Empire" . The Roman empire was (mostly) pre-Christian and Mediterranean in culture, although absorbing other cultures in their expansion, while the "Holy" Roman empire was Germanic and Christian in culture.
The Holy Roman Empire followed the Byzantine Empire.
It is The Byzantine Empire.
The Byzantine EMpire was a monarchy. It litrally for about 500 years part of the Roman Empire, just known as the Eastern Roman Empire. When the Capital was moved to Byzantium, and when the wesrtern regions fell (ROme, France, Spain) it changed its name from the Roman Empire to the Byzantine Empire with its capital at Constantinople. Even though it is an Empire, a monarchy, it was ruled greaty also by the doctrine and laws of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Patriarch centered in the Agia Sophia (St Sophia) church in Byzantium. It was not ruled by the church to the extent of the Catholic states, but more on a guiding level rathern then politically.