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Why was the Eastern Roman Empire called the Byzantine Empire?
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The Byzantine Empire was originally part of the Roman Empire. After the Western Half of the Roman Empire Collapsed in 476 AD. The Eastern Empire continued on into the middle ages with its capital Constantinople.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoByzantine Empire is a term which has been coined by historians to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part. The so-called "Byzantines" did not use this term. They called their empire the Empire of the Romans or Romania or Rhomais in Latin or Basileia RhÅ�maiÅ�n or Rhomania in Greek. Romania was a short form for Roman Empire. It was not related to the country which was later called Romania. All the peoples who lived the Roman Empire saw themselves as Romans. They had been granted Roman citizenship by the emperor Caracalla in 215. The so-called "Byzantines" did not even use the term eastern Romans, which is often used by historians for them. Western and eastern Roman Empire are also terms which have been coined by historians. The Romans and the peoples in the Roman Empire only used the term Empire of the Romans.
The term Byzantine was chosen by a German historian in the 16th century as a derivation from Byzantium, a Greek city which had evolved into a Roman city under Roman rule and which was then redeveloped, turned into an imperial capital and renamed Constantinople (City of Constantine) by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330. It is used to indicate the fact that not long after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire, this part of the empire 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, some 150 years after the fall of the western part. Both the terms Byzantine and Byzantine Empire became common in Western Europe in the 19th century.
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∙ 12y agoBecause the capital of the Roman empire was transferred from Old Rome to New Rome (Constantinople) in 330 AD. This New Rome was later called the Byzantine Empire by Western scholars in the 18th century.
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∙ 11y agoBecause it was Byzantinish
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What was eastern Roman Empire also called?
The religion of the eastern empire was Orthodox Christianity.
What did historians call the western roman empire?
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Which prtion of the roman empire bevame the byzantine empire?
The eastern half of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
Another name for the greek eastern part of the roman empire?
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What was eastern Roman Empire also called?
The religion of the eastern empire was Orthodox Christianity.
What was the eastern roman empire non as?
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What did historians call the western roman empire?
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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.
How are the Byzantine empire and Roman related?
They were the same. The Byzantine was the eastern half of the Roman Empire.
Which prtion of the roman empire bevame the byzantine empire?
The eastern half of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
What was the Byzantine Empire also called?
It was also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire.
After the fall of Rome what was the eastern portion of the Roman Empire called?
The Byzantine Empire.
Another name for the greek eastern part of the roman empire?
The Greek eastern part of the Roman empire is known as the Byzantine, or Byzantine Empire.
What were the four Byzantine's contribution?
Byzantine Empire,Eastern Roman Empire,Roman Empire and Romania
What did the Byzantine empire do to control the Roman Empire?
The Byzantine empire was the Roman empire, merely its eastern counterpart.
