Byzantium
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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While Anna failed to reconcile her love for her father with her love of historical truth, recent scholars of Byzantium have rightly acclaimed “The Alexiad” as a historical source of first importance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Meanwhile diplomacy provided Byzantium with the intelligence to deflect pressure from the Huns and otherwise shape the Byzantine near abroad to favor its own interests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
War risked defeat, while diplomacy used bribes and the soft power of cultural influence to target the Huns’ vulnerabilities: Their rulers needed money and prestige—either from conquest or recognition—to manage followers; Byzantium gave them both.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
From the Black Sea Region and what was left of Byzantium, the Italians then transported these goods back to the west.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The girl, who would grow up without a father, was named Theodora, after the scandalous empress of Byzantium whom Sourmelina admired.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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