Byzantium
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A priest traces the endless conflict of Russia and the West to the Crusaders’ sack of Constantinople, formerly Byzantium, in 1204.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 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
After he died, however, Byzantium slowly relost its conquests in the west to another round of Germanic invasions, and the Persians pressed steadily on the eastern territories as well.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
The motives behind building the new church were twofold: to resurrect the ancient splendor of Byzantium and to show the world the financial wherewithal of die prospering Greek American community.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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