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324
Byzantine Empire
Roman Emperor of East defeated by Roman Emperor of the West, Constantine (first Christian emperor); Byzantium renamed Constantinople & built up by Constantine. -
476
Constantinople considered capital of Byzantine Empire after Rome falls
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Period: 476 to
Byzantine Empire
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Byzantium a New Center
Byzantium named by Roman Emperor Diocletian as a new center of Roman
Empire with power split between Rome (West) and Byzantium (East) -
Period: to 475
Byzantium and Western Roman Empire