The rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire [TED-Ed]

Published: 10 May 2018
on channel: Pax Romana — channel about the Ancient World
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Most history books will tell you that the Roman Empire fell in the fifth century CE, but this would’ve come as a surprise to the millions who lived in the Roman Empire through the Middle Ages. This Medieval Roman Empire, today called the Byzantine Empire, began when Constantine, the first Christian emperor, moved Rome's capital.


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