Atlas of the Byzantine Empire

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Byzantine Empire

Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων Ελληνικά Βυζαντινή αυτοκρατορία / Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων 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. English Byzantine Empire 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 Capital Κωνσταντινούπολη (Constantinople) Major language(s) Greek Major religion(s) Christianity, later Eastern Orthodoxy More information Byzantine Empire. More images Byzantine Empire - Byzantine Empire (Category).

History in maps

This section holds a short summary of the history, illustrated with maps.

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.    Western Roman Empire    Eastern Roman Empire

Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500

Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500

Division of the Roman Empire in 406

Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire, c.476

Eastern Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus

Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus

Map of the changes in borders of the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire 550

The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Leo III, c. 717

The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Basil I, c. 867

The Byzantine Empire with depictions of events to about 1018

The Byzantine Empire and its provinces at the death of Basil II, 1025

Byzantine Empire 1025

The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1081

Byzantine Empire 1180

The Byzantine Empire in 1204 A.D. was divided into the Empire of Nicaea, the Empire of Trebizond and the Despotate of Epirus

Map to show the partition of the empire following the Fourth Crusade, c.1204.

The despotate of Epirus from 1205 to 1230

The despotate of Epirus from 1230 to 1251

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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