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The Byzantine Empire was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium. Initially the eastern half of the Roman Empire (often called the Eastern Roman Empire in this context), it survived the 5th century fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. During most of its existence, the empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe. Both "Byzantine Empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" are historiographical terms applied in later centuries; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire , and Romania .

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Alexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus (born at 1056 – died at 15 August 1118, though some sources list his date of birth as 1048), was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. Although he ...

Domain: History; Category: European history

Basil II (born at 958 – died 15 December 1025) was a Byzantine Emperor from the Macedonian dynasty who reigned from 10 January 976 to 15 December 1025. He was known in his time as Basil the ...

Domain: History; Category: European history

Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus, "the Purple-born" (that is, born in the imperial bed chambers) (born at September 2, 905 – died at November 9, 959), was the fourth ...

Domain: History; Category: European history

Constantine XI Dragaš Palaiologos, Latinized as Palaeologus ( born at February 1404 – died at 29 May 1453) was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor, reigning as a member of the Palaiologos dynasty ...

Domain: History; Category: European history

Constantine the Great (born at 27 February c. 272 – died at 22 May 337), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Constantine was the son of Flavius ...

Domain: History; Category: European history

Saints Cyril and Methodius, were 9th-century Byzantine Greek brothers born in Thessalonica, Greek Macedonia, in the Byzantine Empire. They were the principal Christian missionaries among the Slavic ...

Domain: History; Category: European history

Diocletian was Roman emperor from 284 to 305. Born to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia, Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become cavalry commander to the ...

Domain: History; Category: European history

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