Eastern Roman Empire

noun

1. the eastern part of the Roman Empire, especially after the division in a.d. 395, having its capital at Constantinople: survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire in a.d. 476.

Eastern Roman Empire

noun

1. the eastern of the two empires created by the division of the Roman Empire in 395 ad See also Byzantine Empire

Example Sentences

The sailing ships that brought the horses also connected the Baltic to rivers leading east to Kyiv, Ukraine, and on to the eastern Roman Empire.

From Science Magazine

An FBI expert later determined the mosaic dated to the Eastern Roman Empire or the Byzantine period, making the mosaic around 1,500 years old.

From Washington Times

All three make excellent stocking-stuffers, but you’ll need a lot more wrapping paper for Judith Herrin’s enthralling overview of the Eastern Roman Empire, “Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire,” first published in 2007 but now available in a splendid new edition from the Folio Society.

From Washington Post

Various regions in Asia have been proposed as the origin of this second plague pandemic—the first being the sixth-century Justinian plague, which historian Procopius claimed killed 10,000 people a day in Constantinople and weakened the Eastern Roman Empire.

From Scientific American

This medical knowledge flourished in particular in the Greek-speaking, eastern Roman Empire, most commonly known to us today as the Byzantine Empire.

From Scientific American