Discover the fascinating history of the Byzantine Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire that thrived from AD 330 to 1453. Explore its foundation, golden age under Justinian I, rich culture, and enduring legacy in art, law, and religion. Learn how the empire shaped European civilization and the significant events leading to its decline and fall, including the iconic capture of Constantinople ...
The Moslem followers of Mohammed the Conqueror who triumphantly stormed Constantinople in 1453 were so successful in covering up all traces of Christianity that for almost five centuries Byzantine art ...
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 ...
History and geography of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms. In the 14th century the Ottoman Turks began to encroach on Byzantine territory, and the empire fell to them in 1453.
The Byzantine Empire existed from 330 to 1453. It is often called the Eastern Roman Empire or simply Byzantium. The Byzantine capital was founded at Constantinople by Constantine I (r. 306-337). The...
The Byzantine Empire was a powerful nation, led by Justinian and other rulers, that carried the torch of civilization...
Constantine renamed the new capital of the Roman Empire “Constantinople” and the Byzantine Empire was born—or was it?