Byzantine Empire
/ˈbɪzəntiːn ˈɛmpaɪə(r)/
词源说明
Calque of Latin Imperium Byzantinum.
释义
专有名词proper noun
- 1historicalAn ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia; the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with its capital at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453.