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Eastern Roman Empire

noun

  1. the eastern part of the Roman Empire, especially after the division in a.d. 395, having its capital at Constantinople: survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire in a.d. 476.



Eastern Roman Empire

noun

  1. the eastern of the two empires created by the division of the Roman Empire in 395 ad See also Byzantine Empire

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An FBI expert later determined the mosaic dated to the Eastern Roman Empire or the Byzantine period, making the mosaic around 1,500 years old.

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Justinian I ordered the massive construction built in 532, when the city - then known as Constantinople - was the capital of the Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire.

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In previous pandemics — as when a plague hit the Eastern Roman Empire — infected autocrats saw their power wane.

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The Justinianic outbreak was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which scholars believe originated in Central Asia, and primarily afflicted the Eastern Roman Empire.

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It states that saying “God bless you” when we sneeze comes from the Plague of Justinian from 541 AD - 542 AD, which was a pandemic that spread across the Eastern Roman Empire.

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