After 476: The Roman Empire That Carried On in the East
In short: 476 ended the Western imperial office, but the Roman Empire continued in the East, ruled from Constantinople, until the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1453.
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Sources used in this film: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Romulus Augustulus | Last Roman Emperor, Deposed Emperor, Western Roman Empire | Britannica”; World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org), “Odoacer”; World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org), “Byzantine Empire”; World History Encyclopedia, “Map of the Roman Empire under Theodosius the Great, c.395: The Last Unified Roman Empire”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Hagia Sophia | Istanbul, Interior, Meaning, Mosaics, History, Architecture, & Facts | Britannica”; Internet Archive (hosting Dumbarton Oaks catalogue by Alfred R. Bellinger), “Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Volume 1, Anastasius I to Maurice, 491–602 : Bellinger, Alfred R. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive”; Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), journal Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, “Did the Byzantines call themselves Byzantines? Elements of Eastern Roman identity in the imperial discourse of the seventh century | Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies | Cambridge Core”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “How did the Byzantine Empire get its name? | Britannica”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Sack of Constantinople (1204) | Crusades, Description, & Significance | Britannica”; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Yale University Press (book description hosted on the Internet Archive), “Byzantium Faith And Power 1261 1557 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Fall of Constantinople | Facts, Summary, & Significance | Britannica”.
Sources used in this film
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Romulus Augustulus | Last Roman Emperor, Deposed Emperor, Western Roman Empire | Britannica · View →
- World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org) — Odoacer · View →
- World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org) — Byzantine Empire · View →
- World History Encyclopedia — Map of the Roman Empire under Theodosius the Great, c.395: The Last Unified Roman Empire · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Hagia Sophia | Istanbul, Interior, Meaning, Mosaics, History, Architecture, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Internet Archive (hosting Dumbarton Oaks catalogue by Alfred R. Bellinger) — Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Volume 1, Anastasius I to Maurice, 491–602 : Bellinger, Alfred R. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive · View →
- Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), journal Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies — Did the Byzantines call themselves Byzantines? Elements of Eastern Roman identity in the imperial discourse of the seventh century | Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies | Cambridge Core · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — How did the Byzantine Empire get its name? | Britannica · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Sack of Constantinople (1204) | Crusades, Description, & Significance | Britannica · View →
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Yale University Press (book description hosted on the Internet Archive) — Byzantium Faith And Power 1261 1557 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Fall of Constantinople | Facts, Summary, & Significance | Britannica · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Romulus Augustulus | Last Roman Emperor, Deposed Emperor, Western Roman Empire | Britannica
- Also: World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org): Odoacer
- Also: World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org): Byzantine Empire
- Also: World History Encyclopedia: Map of the Roman Empire under Theodosius the Great, c.395: The Last Unified Roman Empire
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Hagia Sophia | Istanbul, Interior, Meaning, Mosaics, History, Architecture, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Internet Archive (hosting Dumbarton Oaks catalogue by Alfred R. Bellinger): Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Volume 1, Anastasius I to Maurice, 491–602 : Bellinger, Alfred R. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- Also: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), journal Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies: Did the Byzantines call themselves Byzantines? Elements of Eastern Roman identity in the imperial discourse of the seventh century | Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies | Cambridge Core
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: How did the Byzantine Empire get its name? | Britannica
- Also: Sack of Constantinople (1204) | Crusades, Description, & Significance | Britannica
- Also: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Yale University Press (book description hosted on the Internet Archive): Byzantium Faith And Power 1261 1557 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Fall of Constantinople | Facts, Summary, & Significance | Britannica
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