Eastern Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

n (Historical Terms) the eastern of the two empires created by the division of the Roman Empire in 395 ad. See also Byzantine Empire

East′ern Ro′man Em′pire

n. the eastern part of the Roman Empire, esp. after the division in A.D. 395, having its capital at Constantinople. Compare Byzantine Empire.

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Eastern Roman Empire - a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395Byzantine Empire, ByzantiumRoman Empire - an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient RomeByzantium - an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capitalByzantine - a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire