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Christianised Roman Empire
By this we mean:
- The Western Roman Empire from Constantine I to Romulus Augustulus
- The Eastern Roman Empire from Constantine I to Constantine XI
(the "Byzantine" Empire)
- Certain independent states, such as the Despotate of Epirus,
which shared the culture of the Eastern Empire and viewed themselves
as extensions of it.
We exclude other states which, although they may have considered
themselves to be spiritually
"the Roman Empire", nevertheless in secular terms represent
distinct civilisations less deeply rooted in
classical Hellenism, e.g
the Frankish Roman Empire or
the Russian Empire.
See also Pre-Constantinian
Roman Empire for pagan times.
- ABOUT:
-
Paul Halsall:
Byzantium Homepage --
Byzantine Studies on the Internet.
- G. W. Bowersock et al.:
Late Antiquity -- A Guide
to the Postclassical World, (1999).
Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap/Harvard, 1999.
- Joseph Dahmus, ed.:
Dictionary of Medieval Civilization, (1984).
New York: Macmillan, 1984.
- Alexander P. Kazhdan, ed.:
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, (1991).
Oxford, 1991.
Excellent ready-reference.
- ADMINISTRATION:
-
Notitia Dignitatum.
Official register of government posts, ca. 400. Fairley
translation, no date.
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- ANCIENT HISTORIANS:
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