Constantine the Great redeveloped the city of Byzantium, named it after himself (Constantinople means city of Constantine) and designated it as the capital of the Roman Empire. This city was also given a number of honorary titles such as "The New, Second Rome,' 'Eastern Rome,' 'Alma Roma,' and 'Roma Constantinopolitana.' Later it became the capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire
Byzantium was a city and it was the capitol of the eastern Roman empire. The eastern part of the empire was/is often called the Byzantine. So to make it (hopefully) clear, Byzantium was the capital of the Byzantine 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.
In its own time, the eastern part of the Roman empire was not renamed, the easterners considered and called themselves Roman, just as the westerners did. However historians renamed the eastern part of the empire the Byzantine, after the city of Byzantium.
Constantinople was the capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire, named so after Constantine the Great. It was not an empire.
You're thinking of the Byzantine or the Eastern Roman Empire.
The Byzantine empire was nothing more than the eastern part of the Roman empire. Historians gave it that name because its capitol, Constantinople, was built upon the site of the old city of Byzantium.The Byzantine empire was nothing more than the eastern part of the Roman empire. Historians gave it that name because its capitol, Constantinople, was built upon the site of the old city of Byzantium.The Byzantine empire was nothing more than the eastern part of the Roman empire. Historians gave it that name because its capitol, Constantinople, was built upon the site of the old city of Byzantium.The Byzantine empire was nothing more than the eastern part of the Roman empire. Historians gave it that name because its capitol, Constantinople, was built upon the site of the old city of Byzantium.The Byzantine empire was nothing more than the eastern part of the Roman empire. Historians gave it that name because its capitol, Constantinople, was built upon the site of the old city of Byzantium.The Byzantine empire was nothing more than the eastern part of the Roman empire. Historians gave it that name because its capitol, Constantinople, was built upon the site of the old city of Byzantium.The Byzantine empire was nothing more than the eastern part of the Roman empire. Historians gave it that name because its capitol, Constantinople, was built upon the site of the old city of Byzantium.The Byzantine empire was nothing more than the eastern part of the Roman empire. Historians gave it that name because its capitol, Constantinople, was built upon the site of the old city of Byzantium.The Byzantine empire was nothing more than the eastern part of the Roman empire. Historians gave it that name because its capitol, Constantinople, was built upon the site of the old city of Byzantium.
Byzantium was a city and it was the capitol of the eastern Roman empire. The eastern part of the empire was/is often called the Byzantine. So to make it (hopefully) clear, Byzantium was the capital of the Byzantine 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.
Rome is the city that became the capitol of the Roman empire. For a while it was moved to Ravinia and then, when the west fell, the capitol became Constantinople.
Rome is capitol of Italy, as for the Roman Empire the capitol city was... Rome.
The Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, capital city - Constantinople (nowadays - Istambul).
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.
In its own time, the eastern part of the Roman empire was not renamed, the easterners considered and called themselves Roman, just as the westerners did. However historians renamed the eastern part of the empire the Byzantine, after the city of Byzantium.
Milan in the Western Empire and Byzantium in the Eastern Empire.
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire, named so after Constantine the Great. It was not an empire.
You're thinking of the Byzantine or the Eastern Roman Empire.