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Byzantine Empire

Also Known As Eastern Roman Empire
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The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages, surviving the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. The source notes that Constantine I legalised Christianity and moved the capital to Constantinople, that Theodosius I made Christianity the state religion, and that its citizens called themselves Romans. Rites, liturgies, orders and texts are placed here when they arose in the Byzantine world.

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Source The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised editionF. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.)
Source Early Christian and Byzantine ArchitectureRichard Krautheimer with Slobodan Curcic
Source Early Christian and Byzantine ArchitectureRichard Krautheimer with Slobodan Curcic

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Source The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised editionF. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.)
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Byzantine Empire (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages.
  • Introduction, alternative name
    also known as the Eastern Roman Empire
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised edition
F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2005
  • Plants Native Here: Churching of Women, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: The Byzantine Empire and medieval Western Europe
  • Originated Here: Churching of Women, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: The Byzantine Empire and medieval Western Europe
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Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture
Richard Krautheimer with Slobodan Curcic, Yale University Press (Pelican History of Art), 1986
  • Originated Here: Narthex, Stored origin-region property on this entity, cited to this source: Originating in the eastern Mediterranean world of the late Roman and Byzantine Empire.
  • Originated Here: Reliquary Niche, Stored origin-region property on this entity, cited to this source: Originating in the eastern Mediterranean world of the late Roman and Byzantine Empire.
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