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The Byzantine Empire was the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on the capital of Constantinople, and ruled by emperors in direct succession to the ancient Roman emperors. It was also called Romania (Greek: Ῥωμανία, Rhōmanía), by its inhabitants and its neighbours. As the distinction between "Roman Empire" and "Byzantine Empire" is purely a modern convention, it is not possible to assign a date of separation, but an important point is the Emperor Constantine I's transfer in 324 of the capital from Nicomedia (in Anatolia) to Byzantium on the Bosphorus, which became Constantinople (alternatively "New Rome"). During its existence of over a thousand years the Empire remained one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire ... www.romanity.org/htm/frame_friesian_en.htm ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eGHUsi4zxw

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