Με τον όρο Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία ή Βυζάντιο, αναφερόμαστε καταρχάς, στη Χριστιανική Αυτοκρατορία της Ρωμαϊκής Ανατολής ως κληρονόμο του γεωγραφικού χώρου της Ρωμαϊκής αυτοκρατορίας, με χρονικά όρια που ξεκινούν από τα επίσημα εγκαίνια της Κωνσταντινούπολης στις 11 Μαΐου του 330 (ή από τη θεμελίωση της στις 8 Νοεμβρίου του 324) και φτάνουν ως την τελική της πτώση, την άλωση δηλαδή από τους Τούρκους, στις 29 Μαΐου του 1453.
The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centered around its capital of Constantinople. In certain specific contexts, usually referring to the time before the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it is also often referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire. To its inhabitants, the Empire was simply the Roman Empire and its emperors continued the unbroken succession of Roman emperors.
Short name
Byzantine Empire
Official name(s)
Roman Empire
Status
Independent country between 476 and 1453
Location
South East Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.
The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
The Byzantine Empire in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911).
Byzantine Empire in 1265
The despotate of Epirus from 1252 to 1315
The despotate of Epirus from 1315 to 1358
Byzantine Empire in 1355
Byzantine Empire 1400
Notes and references
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↑Romanization according to ISO 843: Byzantinḗ Aytokratoría / Vasileía tṓn Rōmaiōn.
↑Romanization according to ISO 843: Kōnstantinoýpolē.
↑The text of the summary of the history is mainly based on the text in Wikipedia.
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