Greece (Byzantium) from 324 A.D. to 1453

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  • Roman Empire, 4th cen.
    Map showing the  Empire stretching from Asia Minor and Greece across the Mediterranean and through western Europe.
  • Eastern Roman Empire, "Byzantium"
    10th cen.
    Map showing the Empire stretching from Asia Minor and Greece through the Balkans and into Southern Italy.
  • Byzantium, 13th cen.
    Map showing the Empire confined to Greece, the Aegean coast, the Bosphorus, and Pontus.

The Greek Byzantines:

  • Constantine (306-313 — 324-337):
    Marble sculpture of the head of Constantine in classical style.
    • 324: Constantinople …
    • 325: First Ecumenical Council
  • 395: Theodosius … Christianity
    Bas-relief of the head of Theodosius in iconographic style.

Description

Icon of the Savior Jesus ChristThe Eastern Church as it came to be called was based in Constantinople and the Western Church was based in Rome. The missionaries of the Eastern Church dominated eastern Europe and especially Russia whereas the Western Church concentrated their attention to western Europe from where the Protestant reformations occurred beginning in the early 16th century with Martin Luther.

However it was the Great Schism of 1054 A.D. that created the major polarization of Rome from Constantinople and the Byzantines were identified more with the Greek world and the "Romans" with the Latin world. The Crusades that followed made the split permanent.

  • 1054: The great schism
  • Crusades from the West against Byzantium
  • Jihad from the East
  • 1453: The fall of Constantinople …

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Greek Immigration to America, a slide presentation, delivered originally as a lecture to the Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 3, 2004.

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