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[[File:125px-Flag_of_Palaeologus_Dynasty_svg.png|thumb|Flag of the Byzantine Empire.]] The '''Byzantine Empire''' (or '''Byzantium''') was the predominantly Greek -speaking Eastern [[Roman Empire]] throughout [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Antiquity Late Antiquity] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages]. Known simply as the Roman Empire ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language Greek]: Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων, ''Basileia Rhōmaiōn)'' or Romania (Ῥωμανία, ''Rhōmanía'') by its contemporaries, the empire was centered on the capital of [[Constantinople]] and was ruled by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_emperors emperors] in direct succession to the ancient Roman Emperors after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. By 1511, the remnants of the Empire | [[File:125px-Flag_of_Palaeologus_Dynasty_svg.png|thumb|Flag of the Byzantine Empire.]] The '''Byzantine Empire''' (or '''Byzantium''') was the predominantly Greek-speaking Eastern [[Roman Empire]] throughout [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Antiquity Late Antiquity] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages]. | ||
Known simply as the Roman Empire ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language Greek]: Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων, ''Basileia Rhōmaiōn)'' or Romania (Ῥωμανία, ''Rhōmanía'') by its contemporaries, the empire was centered on the capital of [[Constantinople]] and was ruled by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_emperors emperors] in direct succession to the ancient Roman Emperors after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. By 1511, the remnants of the Empire were still headed by the House of Palaeologos under [[Manuel Palaeologos]].[[File:140px-Palaiologos_Dynasty_emblem_svg.png|thumb|Byzantine Imperial emblem under the Palaiologoi Dynasty]] | |||
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The Byzantine Empire (or Byzantium) was the predominantly Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Known simply as the Roman Empire (Greek: Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων, Basileia Rhōmaiōn) or Romania (Ῥωμανία, Rhōmanía) by its contemporaries, the empire was centered on the capital of Constantinople and was ruled by emperors in direct succession to the ancient Roman Emperors after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. By 1511, the remnants of the Empire were still headed by the House of Palaeologos under Manuel Palaeologos.
