Eastern Roman Empire

American  

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.

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Eastern Roman Empire British  

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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Eastern Roman Empire

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.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2020

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.

From Fox News ● Dec. 14, 2018

The man who benefited was the enemy commander, the Christian Theodosius I, ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire, based in Constantinople.

From Time ● Oct. 21, 2016

A treaty entered into by the conquerors put an end to the Eastern Roman Empire, and Baldwin, Count of Flanders, was elected emperor of the East.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir