There Was No Such Thing As The Byzantine Empire

In395 CE, the Roman empire split into eastern and western halves. This split in the empire happened due to Theodosius the Great separating the empire. The western half would fall after the split, but the eastern half persisted until 1453 CE. This eastern half of the Roman empire is often called the Byzantine empire because its capital city of Constantinople was near the ancient city Byzantium before Roman control. Coined in the 1550s, the word Byzantine described the late Rome Empire around one hundred years after it fell. Calling the Romans Byzantine is a spit in the face of the Roman people. Most nations, at the time of the fabrication of the word, called the empire Byzantine because many countries at the time believed they were the inheritors of Rome. The Roman Empire had just fallen; it wasn’t there to defend themselves. <a href="https://medium.com/exploring-history/there-was-no-such-thing-as-the-byzantine-empire-87b68fd95631">Read More</a>