THE PLACE OF BYZANTIUM IN THE WORLD TODAY

                             

 

Byzantium served as a link between antiquity and Renaissance and much of Greek theology and thought can be traced back to the Byzantine Empire.

 

Byzantium was an ancient Greek city, in classical antiquity, that became known as Constantinople during early Christianity and Istanbul when conquered by the barbaric troops of the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

 

The origin of the word Byzantium is legendary.  Apparently Byzas, son of King Nisos, from Megara founded Byzantium in 617 BC when he sailed northeast in the Aegean Sea.

 

The Byzantine Empire also referred to Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

 

It survived the fragmentation of the Western Roman Empire in the 5^th century and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the brutal Ottomans.

 

During most of its existence, the Byzantine Empire was the most powerful economic, cultural and military force in Europe.

 

Emperor Constantin I (324-337) reorganized the empire, made Constantinople its capital, and legalized Orthodox Christianity.  Theodosius (379-395) made Orthodox Christianity the official state religion and was oriented to Greek rather than Latin culture.

 

During the reign of Justinian (527-565) the Empire reached its greatest peak after reconquering much of the Roman Western Mediterranean coast including North Africa, Italy, and Rome, which it held for two more centuries.    

    

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