Byzantine Empire

name
/ˈbɪzəntiːn ˈɛmpaɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Calque of Latin Imperium Byzantinum.

  1. calqued from Imperium Byzantinum

Definitions

  1. An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia

    An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia; the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with its capital at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453.

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