Byzantium

(proper noun)

The Byzantine Empire.

Examples of Byzantium in the following topics:

  • Late Byzantine Art

    • Late Byzantine Art began following the sack of Constantinople in 1204 and continued until the fall of Byzantium in 1453.
    • The period of Late Byzantium saw the decline of the Byzantine Empire during the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries.
    • Constantinople became the capital city of the Latin Empire, one of the new kingdoms of divided Byzantium, until the Byzantines retook it in 1261.
    • The sack of Constantinople in 1204 marks the starting point of Late Byzantine Art, which lasted until the fifteenth century and spread beyond the borders of Byzantium.
    • Art during this period began to change from the standards and styles seen in the Early and Middle periods of Byzantium rule.

  • Ivory Carving

    • Ivory carving has a special importance to medieval art history of Europe and Byzantium because it has no bullion value and is not easily recycled like precious metals or jewels.

  • Carolingian Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

    • In contradistinction, the Palatine Chapel in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), which was constructed between 792-805, was inspired by the Byzantium-style octagonal Justinian church of San Vitale in Ravenna .

  • The Romans After Constantine

    • While at times over the next several centuries, Byzantium controlled Italy and the city Rome, for the most part the Western Roman Empire, due to being less urban and less prosperous, was difficult to protect.

  • Architecture under Constantine

    • While at times over the next several centuries, Byzantium controlled Italy and the city Rome, for the most part the Western Roman Empire, due to being less urban and less prosperous, was difficult to protect.
    • Constantine laid out a new square at the centre of old Byzantium, naming it the Augustaeum.

  • The Byzantine Empire

    • The word Byzantine derives from Byzantium, the original name of Constantinople before Constantine moved the Roman imperial capital there in the fourth century.

  • Painting in the Late Byzantine Empire

    • The Crucifixion, painted on the western wall overlooking the altar, represents the mastery of Serbian art and the development and spread of the Late Byzantine style from the center of Byzantium in Constantinople.