Question

Which was a major difference between the Roman and Byzantine Empires?

Answer 1

It is the Eastern part of the Roman Empire, which survived after the breakup of the Western Empire in the 5th century CE.

Scholars have called the empire Byzantine after the ancient name of its capital, Byzantium. In official terminology of the time, it was simply Roman, and its subjects were Romans and they maintained Roman traditions, symbols, and institutions.

Constantinople became a capital of the Roman Empire in 330 after Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, refounded the city of Byzantium and named it after himself. Constantinople was renamed 'Istanbul' and is now the capital of the country Turkey.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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