Byzantine Empire
About Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, it endured until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. The term 'Byzantine Empire' was coined only after its demise; its citizens used the term 'Roman Empire' and called themselves 'Romans'.
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The Byzantine Empire is otherwise known as the Eastern Roman Empire, from when the Roman Empire split into a Western and an Eastern side.
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More facts about Byzantine Empire
The Byzantines never called themselves Byzantines, they always called themselves Romans.
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A besieged man refused to surrender to the Byzantine ruler but asked him to send bread, a sponge and a lyre, and the Byzantine leader was so moved he sent it all.
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Byzantine bride-finding was literally The Bachelor, except the man behind the screen had the power to kill you if he didn't like you.
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Coordinates: 41.0082, 28.9784