eastern roman empire

Definition of Eastern Roman Empire in English :

1. byzantine empire, byzantium, eastern roman empire

a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eastern Roman Empire

noun

the eastern of the two empires created by the division of the Roman Empire in 395 ad

Byzantine Empire, esp. so called from a.d. 395, when the Roman Empire was divided, until a.d. 476, when the Western Roman emperor was deposed

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