#History
BYZANTIUM (OR THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE) 🇬🇷
A country in Southern Europe, encompassing at the peak of the following countries: Italy 🇮🇹, Yugoslav countries without Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria, Turkey 🇹🇷, a piece of Romania 🇷🇴, a piece of Russia 🇷🇺, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, Mesopotamia (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Kuwait), Egypt 🇪🇬, Libya🇱🇾 Algeria 🇩🇿, South of Spain 🇪🇸
This state existed from
395 to 1453 and throughout history there was only one capital — Constantinople.
The empire itself actively converted its territories to Eastern-style Christianity
Example: Rus 988
🖤•| History
395
The Split of the Roman Empire 🇬🇷⚡️🇮🇹
The Conquests of Justinian I
The siege of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks
•| Policy
The spread of Eastern Christianity to Europe, disputes with the Pope, led to the Great Schism (split of Christianity) in 1054
Byzantium is the rightful heir of the Roman Empire.
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