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Definition of Byzantine empire

1. Noun. A continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395.

Definition of Byzantine empire

1. Proper noun. An ancient Greek-speaking empire of Eastern Europe, capital Constantinople, ended in 1453. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Byzantine Empire

Literary usage of Byzantine empire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Sibree (1900)
"The byzantine empire With Constantine the Great the Christian religion ascended the throne of the empire. He was followed by a succession of Christian ..."

2. The World in the Middle Ages: An Historical Geography, with Accounts of the by Adolph Ludvig Køppen (1854)
"THE byzantine empire. 324. FRONTIERS AND EXTENT. At the close of the eleventh century, and immediately before the great crusade, the northern frontiers of ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1902)
"At first they were content to borrow their gold and copper currency from the byzantine empire, which they had driven out of Syria, and their silver coins ..."

4. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1903)
"The introduction and four books of the first volume deal respectively with the Roman Empire and the Germans, through the invasions ; the byzantine empire, ..."

5. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"In Spam the Saracens were giving ground before a renascent Christian effort. Nevertheless, the byzantine empire and Western Christendom ..."

6. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"... they might be restored, and a good map, suited to the last age of the Byzantine empire, would be an improvement of geography. But, alas ! ..."

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