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What does Byzantine Empire mean?

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  1. (historical) predominantly the Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with a capital city of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453
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How came such a cultus to die out of the Roman and Byzantine Empire after making its way so far, and holding its ground so long?
He is writing a history of the Byzantine Empire, and his studies for this are enormous.
The Sassanians consolidated all territories east to China and India, and engaged successfully with the Byzantine Empire.
Some twenty years later the Wallachians were in open revolt and became independent of the Byzantine Empire.
Thenceforth, till his death in 1359, his restless ambition was directed against the Byzantine Empire.
The art of painting icons has its origins in the Byzantine empire of the sixth and seventh century.

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