Byzantium in a sentence

Greek medicine was part of Greek culture, and Syrian Eastern Christians came in contact with it while the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) ruled Syria and Western Mesopotamia, regions that were conquered from Byzantium in the 7th century by Arab Muslims.

Gregory, A History of Byzantium, 49. He built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople after himself (the laudatory epithet of "New Rome" came later, and was never an official title).

J. Norwich, Byzantium: The Decline and Fall, 131 In all probability, friendly relations between Byzantium and Venice were not restored in Manuel's lifetime.

Using a unique formula—which even today’s scientists have trouble figuring out—the Greeks of Byzantium kept the enemy away from their vast lands which once spanned all of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor.

After the victory at Plataea, he led the Greek fleet first to Cyprus, of which he captured a large part, and then to Byzantium, a rich, heavily-fortified supply base of the Persians.

The Crusaders brought them back from Byzantium, where they had been conserved by monks.

These finds show that the Kangju state was associated with the powerful empires of Rome, Byzantium, Kushan and China, which confirms their diplomatic relations and trade along the Great Silk Road.

SZ also recalls that Hagia Sophia, a symbol of Byzantium with a history of more than 1.500 years, was turned into a mosque after the fall of Constantinople by the Ottomans, while in 1935, under Kemal Ataturk, it was turned into a museum.

Allegedly, the head of Christ was moved from Jerusalem to Byzantium and then to Venice and France.

After a great earthquake in 989 ruined the dome of Hagia Sophia, the Byzantine officials summoned Trdat the Architect to Byzantium to organize repairs.

After submitting to Manuel, he was promised the support that he had requested, and his allegiance to Byzantium was secured.

A History of Private Life Vol 1 – From Pagan Rome to Byzantium.

Although Byzantium lost much of the grandeur of Roman culture and extravagance in the process of surviving, the Empire emphasized efficiency in its war manuals.

And while the Pope supported the reintroduction of the iconic veneration, he politically digressed from Byzantium.

Because of the war with Byzantium, it was dangerous to leave the throne vacant for long, and Samuel was chosen as the new Emperor of Bulgaria because he had the closest relations to the deceased emperor and was Roman's long-standing military commander.

Bleda died following the Huns' withdrawal from Byzantium (probably around 445).

Bulgaria did not have a monetary economy to the same extent as was found in Byzantium, and Basil made the wise decision to accept Bulgarian taxes in kind.

By exposing the Avars' close ties to Persia, once again the Ten Tribes of the Dulo entered into alliance with Byzantium.

By her he had three daughters: Eudokia, who became a nun, Zoe and Theodora of Byzantium.

Byzantium differed in major ways, including its primary language, which was Greek rather than Latin.