What made Byzantium "Roman" other than its formerly being part of the Roman Empire? How Roman was it when it spoke Greek and, after the 11th century, was no longer Catholic?

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What made Byzantium "Roman" other than its formerly being part of the Roman Empire?  How Roman was it when it spoke Greek and, after the 11th century, was no longer Catholic?

Writeacher · Answer

http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1338398026

bobpursley · Answer

http://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/legacy/highschool/socstud/global2_review/byzantine_empire.htm see the section entitled "significance"

Ms. Sue · Answer

Here's an interesting perspective of this question.

http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/RomanMacedonia/ByzantineEmpire.html

And another --

http://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/legacy/highschool/socstud/global2_review/byzantine_empire.htm