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Byzantine Empire

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Noun

1. byzantine empire, byzantium, eastern roman empire

a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Byzantine Empire

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noun
the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East, esp after the deposition of the last emperor in Rome (476 ad). It was finally extinguished by the fall of Constantinople, its capital, in 1453
See also Eastern Roman Empire

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Byzantine Empire

see synonyms of byzantine empire
empire ( a.d. 395-1453) in SE Europe & SW Asia, formed by the division of the Roman Empire: cap. Constantinople
see also Eastern Roman Empire

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Byzantine Empire

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An empire of the eastern Mediterranean region, dating from AD 395 when the Roman Empire was partitioned into eastern and western portions. Its extent varied greatly over the centuries, but its core remained the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor. The empire collapsed when its capital, Constantinople, fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

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