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What Did the Eastern Romans Call Themselves? - The Politics of Naming the Eastern Roman Empire | Sleepy Facts About History
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The Roman Empire did not end when the western provinces fragmented in the fifth century. The eastern half, centered on Constantinople, continued for another thousand years, collecting taxes, enforcing Roman law, and marching under Roman standards. Yet today, we almost exclusively call this enduring state the Byzantine Empire, a name its inhabitants never used and a term that only emerged centuries after the empire fell. This episode explores why we call these people Byzantines, what their…
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