Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire Byzantine is the name given to both the state and the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. The Byzantine Empire considered them Romans. Western Europeans, who had their own Roman empire, called them Orientals or Greeks. ... The Byzantine Empire preserved the basic structures of late Roman Mediterranean civic culture, which led to the growth and continuing success. ... The security and wealth provided by its setting helped Byzantine survive for more than a thousand years. Constantinople growth and success was due to commerce, army and navy, government, law and order, and unity as an empire, something the Roman Empire lacked. ... This wealth was a source of strength to the Byzantine Empire. ... The Empire had strong standing professional soldiers.