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Post by leandros nikon on Oct 10, 2007 16:46:17 GMT -5
the catholic encyclopedia about the byzantines: www.newadvent.org/cathen/06735a.htmQuote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But the power of the Greek language, Greek learning, Greek art is never exhausted; the magic of the old memories still works in every age; while political changes cause the rise and fall of other governments, Hellenism never ceases from its conquests. The great Roman Empire, having become too unwieldy, is divided, and Greece gradually swallows up the eastern half. For nearly ten centuries again Greece reigns from Constantinople. When Rome conquered Greece (146 B.C.) there was no longer any question of a Greek political nation. But the race goes on, and the language never dies. Constantine (A.D. 324-37) meant his new city to be Roman. But here, too, Hellas gradually absorbed her conquerors. At least from the time of Justinian I (527-65) the Eastern Empire, in spite of its Roman name, must be counted a Greek State. The Byzantine period (roughly from 527 to 1453) is the direct continuation of the older Greek civil -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [/quote]
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Post by leandros nikon on Oct 14, 2007 11:07:56 GMT -5
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