What is the Byzantine Empire?

Lars Brownworth, author of "Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire that Rescued Western Civilization", discusses what the Byzantine Empire is and where it fits in history.

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• Lars Brownworth
• Byzantium
• Byzantine
• History

[StrokaTurbo]

@mpsOhrid That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[LodovicoAriosto1]

@LScipio The Byzantine roots of culture and language are important for Slavic nations. For example, my country (Czech republic, former Czechoslovakia, former Kingdom of Bohemia) has been christianized by Byzantine scholars (Cyril and Methodius) in the 9th century who also made a new alphabet for Slavic nations. Although Bohemia was latinized later, this legacy remains until present day. The Byzantine empire also played an important role in panslavic idea and movement.

[OG96932]

this guy knows what he is talking about... yes its just a continuation of the roman empire... not Greeks.

[kyuubikoko]

people didnt know this ??

[98bigbutt]

The Roman Empire reminds me of Voltron. I say this because when people talk about Voltron,they think of the lions and not the cars. So the ancient Roman Empire were the voltron lions because that Roman Empire was more recognized than the Byzantine Empire which was the voltron cars.

[PresidentDRCI]

@mpsOhrid macedonia fell to rome in 146 BC. you need to learn some history.

[mpsOhrid]

Byzantine empire???

Never exist.!!!!

It was all Macedonian Kingdom for ages and ages.The world wants us to forget the name Macedonia.Until 1450 was this part still under control of Macedonia. Kingdom.

I hope soon the World will get to know the real history.

[LScipio]

@LodovicoAriosto1 indeed... but the only bound between the Basileia tov Romainoi (or Roman Empire-"Byzantine") and tha Tzarist Russia was the marriage between their Tzar with one daughter of the Paleologist dynasty... and of course their culture and language created by the "byzantines"

[LodovicoAriosto1]

Scholars refer to it as Soviet Union. In reality of course, it is just the continuation of the Byzantine Empire.

:-D I am kidding. Yes, part of what you say is true - the Russian empire had much less in common with the Byzantine empire than the Byzantine empire had in common with the Roman empire.

But on the other hand, nobody else claimed the legacy of the Byzantine empire as strongly as the Russian empire. Its foreign policy was oriented towards Konstantinople until its fall.