Byzantine Empire

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History

Periodisations Late Roman history Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Republic Hegemony

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Structures of the state

Dioceses Praetorian prefectures Emperor Pax romana After a ceremony

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Warfare

Field armies Comitatenses Limitanei Subsidised allied forces Imperial guard units

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Society

Reclining Fork Salad dressing Oil Vinegar

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.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}457: 2,350,000 km2 (910,000 sq mi)
1025: 1,675,000 km2 (647,000 sq mi)
565: 3,400,000 km2 (1,300,000 sq mi)
775: 880,000 km2 (340,000 sq mi)
Capital: Constantinople
Common languages: Greek, Latin (until the 6th century)

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Overview

Roman Empire
Constantinople
Late antiquity
Middle Ages
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Fall of Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Its citizens Byzantines
Latinised Romanization (cultural)
Hellenistic culture
Constantine I Constantine the Great
Christianity
Theodosius I
State religion
Justinian I
Mediterranean coast Mediterranean Sea
Plague began Plague of Justinian
Prolonged warfare with Persia Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
Arab conquests Early Muslim conquests
Syria Roman Syria
Egypt Roman Egypt
Rashidun Caliphate
Was lost Battle of Carthage (698)
Umayyad Caliphate
Isaurian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty
Macedonian dynasty
A two-century-long renaissance Macedonian Renaissance
Seljuk Seljuk dynasty
Asia Minor Anatolia
Komnenian restoration

Nomenclature

Economy

Arts and sciences

Christ Pantocrator Christ Pantocrator (Sinai)
Sinai Monastery
Hosios Loukas
Barberini ivory
Gorno Nerezi Church of Saint Panteleimon, Gorno Nerezi
Byzantine art
Christian Christian art
Earliest Christian Early Christian art and architecture
Late Antique art
Roman Persecutions Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
Dura-Europos church
Byzantine mosaics
Gold ground
Hippodrome of Constantinople
Great Palace of Constantinople
Religious art
Monumental sculpture
Pagan
Dome
Pendentives Pendentive
Cathedral of Saint Sophia Cathedral of Saint Sophia, Novgorod
Novgorod
Saint Sophia Cathedral Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv
Kiev
Isidore of Miletus
Anthemius of Tralles
Ivory carvings Ivory carving
Harbaville Triptych
Metalwork
Enamels Byzantine enamel

Legacy

Acciaiuoli Acciaioli family
Gattilusi Gattilusio
Lesbos
Rum Millet
Third Rome doctrine Moscow, third Rome
Danubian Principalities
Phanariot Phanariots
Increasingly identified as Greeks Names of the Greeks
Successful war of independence Greek War of Independence
Megali Idea
Crimean War
Balkan Wars
Italian humanism Renaissance humanism
Monasticism Christian monasticism
Glagolitic alphabet Glagolitic script
Cyrillic script
Old Church Slavonic

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Byzantine Empire

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related to External links · 44

Byzantine Empire → Archived, Art, August, Austrian Academy, BBC12 Byzantine Rulers Archived, Bibliography, Byzantine, Byzantine Material Culture, Byzantine Sources, Byzantine Studies, Byzantium, Constantinople Home Page, Crimea, Culture, Daily Life, De Re Militari, Dumbarton Oaks, English, Fordham University, Hosted

related to Christianity and the Church · 37

Byzantine Empire → Anthony Kaldellis, Balkans, By, Chalcedonian, Christian, Christianity, Constantine's, Constantinople, Coptic, Despite, Differences, East, Eastern, Eastern Christianity, Ecumenical Councils, Egypt, Filioque, Frankish, Internal, Lombard

related to Nomenclature · 34

Byzantine Empire → AD, After, Bilād, Byzantine, Byzantines, Byzantion, Byzantium, Constantinople, Eastern Empire, Empire, Following, German, Graeci, Greek, Greeks, Hieronymus Wolf, Islamic, It, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Late Empire

related to Cultural aftermath · 22

Byzantine Empire → Avars, Bulgars, Christianity, Cumans, English-speaking, Ethiopia, Eurasian Steppe, Europe, European, Greek, Huns, Islamic, It, Italian, Latin America, Pechenegs, Roman, Russia, The, The Byzantine Empire

related to Start date · 10

Byzantine Empire → AD, Byzantine, Eastern Orthodoxy, Geoffrey Greatrex, Given, Greece, Late Roman, Others, Scholarship, The

see also · 5

Byzantine Empire → Byzantine, ConstantinopleOutline, Ecumenical Patriarchs, List, Roman

.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}457 · 1

Byzantine Empire → 2,350,000 km2 (910,000 sq mi)

1025 · 1

Byzantine Empire → 1,675,000 km2 (647,000 sq mi)

565 · 1

Byzantine Empire → 3,400,000 km2 (1,300,000 sq mi)

775 · 1

Byzantine Empire → 880,000 km2 (340,000 sq mi)

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empire byzantine constantinople greek century roman empire's western constantine also eastern early christianity reign ii latin justinian new late emperor

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Byzantine Empire	.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}457	2,350,000 km2 (910,000 sq mi)	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	1025	1,675,000 km2 (647,000 sq mi)	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	565	3,400,000 km2 (1,300,000 sq mi)	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	775	880,000 km2 (340,000 sq mi)	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	Capital	Constantinople	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	Common languages	Greek, Latin (until the 6th century)	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	Currency	Solidus, follis, and hyperpyron	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	Government	Absolute monarchy	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	Historical era	Late antiquity to Late Middle Ages	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	Religion	Christianity (official)	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 1025	12,000,000	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 1081–1118	Alexios I	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 1118–1143	John II	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 1143–1180	Manuel I	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 1261–1282	Michael VIII	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 1320	2,000,000	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 1449–1453	Constantine XI	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 306–337	Constantine I	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 379–395	Theodosius I	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 408–450	Theodosius II	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 457	16,000,000	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 527–565	Justinian I	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 565	20,000,000	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 610–641	Heraclius	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 717–741	Leo III	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 775	7,000,000	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 963–969	Nikephoros II	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 969–976	John I	1.00	infobox
Byzantine Empire	• 976–1025	Basil II	1.00	infobox

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