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The Byzantine
Empire
Introduction
In 324 the Roman Emperor Constantine
was very concerned about the barbarian invasions, which were literally
at the gates of Rome. So Constantine moved the
Empire’s capital to a little known Greek colony called Byzance.
As the
Western Empire fell apart and disappeared in
476, the Eastern Empire based in Byzance or Constantinople survived until 1453. Byzance became the great city of
Constantinople. The Eastern Empire or Byzantium founded a rich
culture based on Greek traditions and
Christianity. Byzantium has also left us its own
story thanks to one of its greatest writers, the
historian Anna Comnena, the
daughter of the emperor Alexius.
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Constantine the Great
306 - 337 AD |
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