Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Byzantium ceased to exist in the 3rd century. It was Constantinople, and the political entity was the Roman Empire. The people were called the Romanoi. If you look on maps from that period, it is called Romania. It was called Romania up until the Moldavians and Wallachians changed the name of their country to Romania. If you want your opinion to be taken seriously, use it's name, the ERE.
Byzantium ceased to exist in the 3rd century. It was Constantinople, and the political entity was the Roman Empire. The people were called the Romanoi. If you look on maps from that period, it is called Romania. It was called Romania up until the Moldavians and Wallachians changed the name of their country to Romania. If you want your opinion to be taken seriously, use it's name, the ERE.
The East Roman Empire which had its capital in Constantinople from then until 1453, has often been called the Byzantine Empire or Byzantium by modern scholars. By extension, the name Byzantium is often used to refer to the Byzantine Empire, its territory, and its customs.
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