Byzantine Empire

E12095

empire medieval empire state successor state of the Roman Empire

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern continuation of the Roman Empire, centered on Constantinople, renowned for its Orthodox Christian culture, Greek-speaking administration, and preservation of classical knowledge through the Middle Ages.

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All labels observed (33)

Label	Occurrences
Byzantine Empire canonical	1,370
Eastern Roman Empire	299
Byzantine period	36
Byzantines	12
Byzantine era	10
Roman East	4
Byzantine	2
Byzantine Empire (historically)	2
Byzantine state	2
Christian Byzantine Empire	2
eastern Roman Empire	2
Basileia Rhomaion	1
Byzantine East	1
Byzantine Empire (as a theme/region)	1
Byzantine Empire (eastern frontier)	1
Byzantine Empire (historical context)	1
Byzantine Empire (in Anatolia and Balkans)	1
Byzantine Empire (in the Fourth Crusade)	1
Byzantine Empire (over Dalmatian cities)	1
Byzantine Empire (periodically)	1
Byzantine Empire (restored)	1
Byzantine Empire in the 7th century	1
Byzantine Empire period	1
Byzantine Empire, early Middle Ages	1
Byzantine Period	1
Byzantine civilization	1
Byzantine world	1
Christian Roman Empire	1
Eastern Roman Empire (early 4th century)	1
Roman Empire (Eastern part)	1
Roman Empire (late antiquity)	1
Ύστερη Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία	1
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	empire ⓘ medieval empire ⓘ state ⓘ successor state of the Roman Empire ⓘ
administrativeLanguage	Greek ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Byzantium ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
architectureStyle	Byzantine architecture ⓘ
artStyle	Byzantine art ⓘ
capital	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
capitalEstablished	330 ⓘ
capitalRenamedFrom	Byzantium ⓘ
capitalRenamedTo	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
churchSplitWith	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
conflict	Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ Byzantine–Bulgarian wars ⓘ Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Sassanian wars Crusades ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Islamic world ⓘ Slavs ⓘ surface form: Slavic peoples
currency	hyperpyron ⓘ solidus ⓘ
dynasty	Constantinian dynasty ⓘ Heraclian dynasty ⓘ Justinian dynasty ⓘ Komnenos dynasty ⓘ Macedonian dynasty ⓘ Palaiologos dynasty ⓘ
endTime	1453 ⓘ
event	Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD ⓘ surface form: Fall of Constantinople in 1453 Sack of Constantinople in 1204 ⓘ surface form: Fourth Crusade Iconoclasm ⓘ Sack of Constantinople in 1204 ⓘ
experienced	East–West Schism ⓘ surface form: Great Schism of 1054
followedBy	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
foundedBy	Constantinus Magnus ⓘ surface form: Constantine the Great
governmentForm	absolute monarchy ⓘ autocracy ⓘ
legalSystem	Roman law ⓘ
majorReligionCenter	Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
navalPower	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
notableBuilding	Hagia Sophia ⓘ
notableLegalCode	Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
notableRuler	Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ Basil II ⓘ Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ Heraclius ⓘ Justinian I ⓘ
officialChurch	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
officialLanguage	Greek ⓘ
otherEthnicGroup	Armenians ⓘ Illyrians ⓘ Slavs ⓘ Thracians ⓘ
partOf	Late Antiquity ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ
precededBy	Roman Empire ⓘ
preserved	Roman law tradition ⓘ classical Greek literature ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup	Greeks ⓘ
region	Anatolia ⓘ Balkans ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
religion	Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
splitFrom	Western Roman Empire ⓘ
startTime	330 ⓘ
stateReligionAdopted	Christianity as state religion ⓘ
stateReligionAdoptedBy	Theodosius I ⓘ
usedWeapon	Greek fire ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (1,763)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Empire → followedBy → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

chi-rho → associatedWith → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Chi-Rho

this entity surface form: Christian Roman Empire

Mediterranean Sea → wasCentralTo → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Medieval City of Rhodes → historicalInfluence → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Vulgar Latin → region → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Judea → underRuleOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Middle Ages → includesCulture → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Alexandria → historicalEra → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine period

Ottoman Empire → precededBy → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Empire (in Anatolia and Balkans)

Lower Egypt → laterUnderControlOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople → historicalInfluence → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Corpus Juris Civilis → jurisdiction → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Byzantine Rite → originatedIn → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Balkans → historicallyRuledBy → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Istanbul → isCapitalOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Istanbul → isCapitalOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → rulingPower → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Constantine XI Palaiologos → country → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Edict of Milan → regionOfPromulgation → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Medieval Greek → usedIn → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Roman emperor Constantine the Great → ruledOver → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantine the Great

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

First Council of Nicaea → majorityOfBishopsFrom → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Crisis of the Third Century → appliesToPart → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Gothic War → conflictBetween → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Gothic War → hasParticipant → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Chi-Rho monogram → regionOfUse → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD → tookPlaceIn → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD → hasBelligerent → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Eastern Europe → historicallyInfluencedBy → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

First Council of Constantinople → location → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Council of Chalcedon → convokedBy → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Attica → wasPartOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

East–West Schism → relatedTo → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Asia Minor → wasCrossroadsOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine civilization

Asia Minor → wasProvinceOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Asia Minor → wasCoreTerritoryOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Second Council of Constantinople → partOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Second Council of Constantinople → locatedIn → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Aegean Sea → historicallyAssociatedWith → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Feodosia → wasPartOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Western Roman Empire → dividedFrom → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire → borderedBy → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire → successorStateClaimant → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Viking Age → participants → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Black Death → majorOutbreakIn → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Mongol invasions of Europe → hasParticipant → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Thessaly → partOf → Byzantine Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Sardinia → predecessor → Byzantine Empire ⓘ