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At its largest point it contained the eastern Roman Empire and parts of Italy (starting with Justinian) but shrunk because of pressures from the Islamic Empire and Shrunk continually around its capitol Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). For the majority of its existence it contained much of modern day Turkey and Greece.

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