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Byzantium
Byzantium name was givin to the state and culture of the eastern Roman Empire,way back in the middle ages.As the Emperer got older over the years it became common to find lots and lots of more inheritted family names included in the rel personal name.The capitol was made on the site of a greek colony and it was named Byzantium.In 324 the capitol of the Roman Empire was transferred from Rome to Constantinople.In 330 the Christian Roman Empire Constantine gave the city of constantinople.In 1453 the Ottaman Turks captured Constantinople and the last of the imperial lands,in 1930 Constantinople was renamed to Istanbul.Byzantium’s dominent religion was christianity.
