Atlas of the Byzantine Empire

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Byzantine Empire

	Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων
Ελληνικά	Βυζαντινή αυτοκρατορία / Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων^[1] Με τον όρο Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία ή Βυζάντιο, αναφερόμαστε καταρχάς, στη Χριστιανική Αυτοκρατορία της Ρωμαϊκής Ανατολής ως κληρονόμο του γεωγραφικού χώρου της Ρωμαϊκής αυτοκρατορίας, με χρονικά όρια που ξεκινούν από τα επίσημα εγκαίνια της Κωνσταντινούπολης στις 11 Μαΐου του 330 (ή από τη θεμελίωση της στις 8 Νοεμβρίου του 324) και φτάνουν ως την τελική της πτώση, την άλωση δηλαδή από τους Τούρκους, στις 29 Μαΐου του 1453.
English	Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centered around its capital of Constantinople. In certain specific contexts, usually referring to the time before the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it is also often referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire. To its inhabitants, the Empire was simply the Roman Empire and its emperors continued the unbroken succession of Roman emperors.

Short name	Byzantine Empire
Official name(s)	Roman Empire
Status	Independent country between 476 and 1453
Location	South East Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
Capital	Κωνσταντινούπολη^[2] (Constantinople)
Major language(s)	Greek
Major religion(s)	Christianity, later Eastern Orthodoxy
More information	Byzantine Empire.
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History in maps

This section holds a short summary of the history^[3], illustrated with maps.

Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarchzones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.