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    The Byzantine Empire is another (and arguable preferable) name for the Eastern Roman Empire.
    Eastern Roman Empire = empire centered in Constantinople from 395 to 1453 AD and which was influenced by Greek culture rather than the Latin culture around Rome
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    In their day, Byzantines did not call themselves by that name or by Eastern Roman. They simply referred to themselves as Romans.
    Byzantines = people of eastern Roman empire centered in Constantinople from 395 to 1453 AD and which was influenced by Greek culture rather than the Latin culture around Rome
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    The Byzantine Empire preserved literary works and scientific knowledge of ancient Rome, Greece, and many other cultures.
    Byzantine Empire = eastern Roman empire centered in Constantinople from 395 to 1453 AD and which was influenced by Greek culture rather than the Latin culture around Rome
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    At its peak, lands in Europe, Africa, and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome.
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    Does your story take place two thousand years ago in a remote corner of the Roman Empire?†  (source)
    Roman Empire = Rome between the absolute rule of Augustus (27 BC) and the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD)
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    "Petchenegs versus Byzantium," said Jimmy, one memorable day.†  (source)
    Byzantium = of the eastern roman empire centered in Constantinople from 395 to 1453 AD and which was influenced by Greek culture rather than the Latin culture around Rome
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    He says it's a gift to have crossed eyes because you're like a god looking two ways at once and if you had crossed eyes in the ancient Roman times you had no problem getting a good job.†  (source)
    ancient Roman = a citizen of Rome between the founding of the city (753 BC) and the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD)
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    / If your smoke was a Popsicle, I'd surely lick it / My rhymin' is old school, sort of like the ancient Romans / The Colonel's beats is sad like Arthur Miller's Willy Loman / Sometimes I'm accused of being a showman / ICanRhymeFast and I can rhyme slow, man.†  (source)
    ancient Romans = citizens of Rome between the founding of the city (753 BC) and the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD)
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    He quickly assembled everything on the list—The Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, History of the Roman Republic, Volume One, and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker—and pulled out a large sheet of paper to wrap them in.†  (source)
    Roman Republic = Rome 509-27 BC when restraints were put on rulers power
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    and Quincy Railroad Monarchy 253.5 Russia William Henry 231.6 Vanderbilt United States Osman Ali 210.8 Khan, Asaf Jah VII Hyderabad 5* THE 10,000-HOUR RULE No. Name Wealth in Billions (USD) Origin C o m p a n y or Source of Wealth Andrew W. Mellon Henry Ford 188.8 United States Gulf Oil 188.1 United States Ford Motor Company Roman Senate Marcus Licinius Crassus Basil II Cornelius Vanderbilt Alanus Rufus 169.8 Roman Republic 9 10 169.4 167.4 Byzantine Empire Monarchy United States New York and Harlem Railroad Investments Pharaoh Earl of Surrey 11 12 13 166.9 England Ancient Egypt England Amenophis III 155.2 William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey William II of England Elizabeth I JohnD.†  (source)
    Byzantine Empire = eastern Roman empire centered in Constantinople from 395 to 1453 AD and which was influenced by Greek culture rather than the Latin culture around Rome
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    Besieged, plundered, captured and recaptured, Jerusalem had been ruled by Jebusites, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and, of course, the Jews.†  (source)
    Byzantines = people of eastern Roman empire centered in Constantinople from 395 to 1453 AD and which was influenced by Greek culture rather than the Latin culture around Rome
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    In this new version of the gospels, Jesus came back to earth and organized a church, which later became the Church of the Eastern and Western Roman Empire-another rigid, brutal, and irrational theocracy.†  (source)
    Western Roman Empire = the western area of Rome from 27 BC when Rome was split until 476 AD when Germanic allies became unhappy with the emperor and dethroned him
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    They took revenge when they conquered the Greek isles, and made them part of the Roman Empire.†  (source)
    Roman Empire = Rome between the absolute rule of Augustus (27 BC) and the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD)
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