The Byzantine Empire was the eastern part of the Roman Empire which continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years after the fall of the western part of this empire. The educated elites of part of the empire spoke Greek because before its conquest by Rome it had been ruled by Greek states. After the fall of the western part of the empire, this part lost its ties with Rome and with the Latin language. It became increasingly Greek in character and language. It became more so when it lost most of its non-Greek territories due to invasions by the Arabs and the Slavs.
The Byzantine empire absorbed many aspects of Greek culture. Greek was the predominant language, rather than Latin, and the Byzantines absorbed much of the Greek and Middle Eastern culture because they were much closer to it than the cultures of the West.
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The eastern half of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
The eastern part of the Roman empire became what is known as the Byzantine empire.
The Eastern Roman Empire. It became the Byzantine empire after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
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The Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
The eastern half of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
The eastern half of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
The eastern half of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
The eastern part of the Roman empire became what is known as the Byzantine empire.
The Eastern Roman Empire. It became the Byzantine empire after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
The Byzantine Empire.
eastern
The Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
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.
The eastern part of the Roman empire became known as the Byzantine empire.
The Byzantine Church was used for worship. Following the death of the Roman Emperor Constantine, the Roman Empire split into the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. Eventually, the Bishop of Rome became the head of the church in the Roman Empire. Over the years, that church became the Roman Catholic Church. The Bishop of Constantinople became the head of the Byzantine Church. That church evolved into the Greek Orthodox Church and still exists today.
The eastern part of the empire became known as the Byzantine.