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Re:A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of ... by wrp on Sunday March 13, 2022 @09:19PM (#30667504)
>...the Roman Empire lasted until the 1400s, only to finally fall to the Ottoman Empire

The Byzantine empire was in decline for several centuries, starting with the Islamic expansion. By the time Constantinople fell to the Turks, it had been reduced to a city-state.

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Re:A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of ... by bwanab on Sunday March 13, 2022 @10:01PM (#30667754)
That isn’t really accurate. The Roman Empire of the several centuries after the Arab conquests had its down period in the 800s, but came back strongly for several centuries from 900 through 1200 during which time they were the most powerful of all the states of Europe and Western Asia.
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