Realm · 395–632
Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire appears on the map from 395 to 632. At its greatest recorded extent, in 561, it covered about 2.60 million km².
One of the realms of Byzantine Empire. 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.
See Eastern Roman Empire on the map in 561
- On the map
- 395–632
- Greatest extent
- 561, about 2.60 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Byzantine Empire · Wikidata Q12544
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 395 | 1.98 million km² |
| 396 | 1.78 million km² |
| 397–401 | 1.76 million km² |
| 402–406 | 1.97 million km² |
| 407–438 | 1.98 million km² |
| 439–440 | 1.98 million km² |
| 441–442 | 1.98 million km² |
| 443–450 | 1.95 million km² |
| 451 | 1.98 million km² |
| 452–454 | 1.98 million km² |
| 455–458 | 1.98 million km² |
| 459–468 | 1.98 million km² |
| 469–489 | 2.00 million km² |
| 490–509 | 2.00 million km² |
| 510–522 | 1.97 million km² |
| 523–533 | 1.97 million km² |
| 534–535 | 2.19 million km² |
| 536–539 | 2.31 million km² |
| 540–545 | 2.33 million km² |
| 546–554 | 2.40 million km² |
| 555–560 | 2.56 million km² |
| 561–566 | 2.60 million km² |
| 567–568 | 2.58 million km² |
| 569–576 | 2.48 million km² |
| 577–586 | 2.38 million km² |
| 587–591 | 2.41 million km² |
| 592–601 | 2.53 million km² |
| 602–611 | 2.53 million km² |
| 612–616 | 2.31 million km² |
| 617–622 | 1.88 million km² |
| 623–625 | 1.23 million km² |
| 626 | 1.41 million km² |
| 627 | 1.72 million km² |
| 628 | 1.73 million km² |
| 629 | 2.45 million km² |
| 630–632 | 2.35 million km² |