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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... Byzantine Empire (500–1050) [3] [4] Göktürk Khaganate ...
The emblem mostly associated with the Byzantine Empire is the double-headed eagle. It is not of Byzantine invention, but a traditional Anatolian motif dating to Hittite times, and the Byzantines themselves only used it in the last centuries of the Empire. [11] [12] The date of its adoption by the Byzantines has been hotly debated by scholars. [9]
The inhabitants of the empire, now generally termed Byzantines, thought of themselves as Romans (Romaioi).Their Islamic neighbours similarly called their empire the "land of the Romans" (Bilād al-Rūm), but the people of medieval Western Europe preferred to call them "Greeks" (Graeci), due to having a contested legacy to Roman identity and to associate negative connotations from ancient Latin ...
Michael Dokeianos, Byzantine general [101] [102] [103] Suryavarman I, king of the Khmer Empire [104] [105] [106] Wifred II, count of Cerdanya and Berga [107] [108] Zoë, empress of the Byzantine Empire [109] [110] [111] 1051. January 22 – Ælfric Puttoc, archbishop of York; February 28 – Humfrid, archbishop of Magdeburg; March 14 – Gerard ...
The Macedonian dynasty (Greek: Μακεδονική Δυναστεία) ruled the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1056, following the Amorian dynasty. During this period, the Byzantine state reached its greatest extent since the Early Muslim conquests, and the Macedonian Renaissance in letters and arts began.
She was the last sovereign of the Macedonian dynasty, that ruled the Byzantine Empire for almost 200 years. Theodora was the youngest daughter of Emperor Constantine VIII . After Theodora's father died in 1028, her older sister Zoë co-ruled with her husbands Romanos III and Michael IV , kept Theodora closely watched.
Video games taking place during the age of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire, or Byzantium. Pages in category "Video games set in the Byzantine Empire" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.