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Rome is the name of the western capital of the Roman Empire.

Rome is the name of the western capital of the Roman empire.

Rome is the name of the western capital of the Roman empire.

Rome is the name of the western capital of the Roman empire.

Rome is the name of the western capital of the Roman empire.

Rome is the name of the western capital of the Roman empire.

Rome is the name of the western capital of the Roman empire.

Rome is the name of the western capital of the Roman empire.

Rome is the name of the western capital of the Roman empire.

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What extent was the Byzantine Empire a continuation of the Roman Empire?

Yes. the Byzantine empire is just another name for the Roman empire when it was headquartered in the east. The citizens there considered themselves Romans and lived under Roman law and Roman customs.


How did emperor Constantine establish the Byzantine empire?

Constantine the Great designated Byzantium as his imperial capital, redeveloped and renamed it Constantinople, after himself - Constantinople means city of Constantine. However, this did not lead to the beginning of the Byzantine Empire. In fact, the Byzantine Empire did not actually exist. This 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 of this empire and which became popular in the 19th century. The people in question did not know this term and called their empire Roman Empire. Therefore, it would be more appropriate to talk of a "Byzantine" period. This started about a century later.


How was Byzantine not an extension of the Roman Empire?

Okay, so the Roman empire was so big that it could not be ruled by one person affectively, so the empire was slip into two, the "Western Roman empire"and "Eastern Roman empire!" Long story short, the Western Roman empire fell apart after having a lot of bad rulers and Rome fell into the hands of a barbarian king. So basically the Eastern Roman empire could not call them self the Roman empire, as they didn't have control of Rome! So that's why they change the name to Byzantine empire! (Even though they changed the name, they were 100% Roman by blood and culture! )


How are the Roman and Byzantine Empires alike?

During the latter part of the history of the Roman Empire, it was divided for administrative purposes into eastern and western halves. The western half was overrun by the Goths in the 5th century, but the eastern half continued to exist until the Turks finally conquered it in the 15th century. The eastern half of the Roman Empire evolved into what we call the Byzantine Empire, inheriting all the Roman Empire's practices and customs. The main change was that Greek (replacing Latin) gradually became the official langauge. So, the Byzantine Empire is the continuation of the eastern half of the Roman Empire.


When did the Byzantine empire change its name?

The Byzantine Empire never officially changed its name; it was known to its inhabitants as the Roman Empire (Romania) throughout its existence. The term "Byzantine Empire" was coined by modern historians to describe the eastern continuation of the Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD. The empire lasted until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

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What extent was the Byzantine Empire a continuation of the Roman Empire?

Yes. the Byzantine empire is just another name for the Roman empire when it was headquartered in the east. The citizens there considered themselves Romans and lived under Roman law and Roman customs.


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.


What was the fate of the Western Roman Empire?

Historians do not have a special name for the western part of the Roman Empire. Sometimes they call it western part of the Roman Empire and sometimes Western Roman Empire. They have a special name for the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part: Byzantine Empire.


When did the Western Roman Empire fall?

The most commonly used date is 476, but other dates are also used. Some historians just say 5th century, or the second half of the 5th century. Clearly it was a long, drawn out affair. The East Roman Empire survived until 1453. The name we use for it is the Byzantine Empire, but that name was never used at the time, and they were nearly always called the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages.


How did emperor Constantine establish the Byzantine empire?

Constantine the Great designated Byzantium as his imperial capital, redeveloped and renamed it Constantinople, after himself - Constantinople means city of Constantine. However, this did not lead to the beginning of the Byzantine Empire. In fact, the Byzantine Empire did not actually exist. This 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 of this empire and which became popular in the 19th century. The people in question did not know this term and called their empire Roman Empire. Therefore, it would be more appropriate to talk of a "Byzantine" period. This started about a century later.


What is the name of eastern capital of Roman Empire?

Initially, it was Rome. The capital was moved by Emperor Constantine to Constantople (modern Istanbul) for strategic reasons: it was more easily defended. He named it Nova Roma; it was named after Constantine following his death.


What was the name of the capitalcity in the eastern roman empire after Constantine changed it?

Constantine the Great designated Byzantium as his imperial capital, redeveloped it and renamed it Constantinople (City of Constantine). Prior to this this city was not an imperial capital. The imperial capital in the eastern part of the Roman Empire was Nicomedia (in north-western Turkey), jut some 60 miles east of Byzantium.


What was the name of the capital city that Constantine established in the eastern roman empire?

Constantinople


What was important about constantinople in Roman history?

The Roman Emperor Constantine made it his imperial in capital in 330 (previously there were two capitals, Nicomedia, not far from constantinople, and Milan, in Italy). Even after the Western part of the Roman Empire had disappeared, it continued to be the capital of the surviving part of the Roman Empire (the eastern part) and was known as the capital of the Romans. It was taken over by the Ottoman Turks in 1453 and became the capital of the Ottoman Empire. It was then called Istanbul or, in some official documents, Kostantiniyye. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the government of the Turkish Republic made Istanbul the sole name of the city (in 1930)


What is the name of the society that developed in the eastern roman empire after the fall of the western roman empire?

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued after the fall of the western half of the Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire was heavily influenced by Greek and eastern elements to the point that Latin stopped being the used as the official government language and Greek was used instead. The Byzantine culture blended Greek and Oriental artistic influences to create its own unique blend and form of art and architecture.


What city was the center of the roman empire?

United Empire: Rome Western Empire: Rome then Ravenna Eastern Empire: Constantinople


What modern country was capital of the ancient roman empire?

Rome, I think. I'm not sure if it's a country though...Rome is/was a city. There was no country that was the capital of the Roman empire, it was a city and the city's name is Rome. A country cannot be a capital of anything, it must have a capital itself.