Tag: Byzantine

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which split in two in 395 CE. The western half collapsed in 476 CE, but the eastern half continued to thrive for another thousand years. The Byzantine Empire was centered on Constantinople, the former Greek city of Byzantium...

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 ...