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Re:Roman mosaic floor found under Italian vineyard by Mikeb85 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:34PM (#23326805)
The 'Eastern Roman' empire is just another name for 'Byzantine' empire and there's a ton of sites already discovered from that era.
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Re:Roman mosaic floor found under Italian vineyard by Cactus2018 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:38PM (#23326870)
However, it was not until the mid-19th century that the term Byzantine came into general use in the Western world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire#Nomenclature

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Re:Roman mosaic floor found under Italian vineyard by Mikeb85 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @04:01PM (#23329156)
I'm aware and it doesn't matter what it's called, just pointing out that Byzantine = Eastern Roman Empire and that we've already uncovered a bunch of their ruins since OP seemed to be implying that we hadn't.
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