Realm · 633–1453

Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire appears on the map from 633 to 1453. At its greatest recorded extent, in 633, it covered about 2.34 million km².

The Byzantine Empire is the name historians give to the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for nearly a thousand years after the West fell; its people always called themselves Romans. Ruled from Constantinople by emperors seen as God's representatives on earth, it was Greek-speaking and Orthodox Christian. Justinian I reconquered Italy and North Africa and codified Roman law, but in the 7th century the Arab conquests took Syria, Egypt and Africa. More about Byzantine Empire.

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On the map

633–1453

Greatest extent

633, about 2.34 million km²

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Wikipedia: Byzantine Empire · Wikidata Q112039853