Eastern Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire
the eastern part of the Roman Empire, esp. after the division in A.D. 395, having its capital at Constantinople: survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476. Also called Eastern Empire. Cf. Byzantine Empire.

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