Byzantine Greece

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Byzantine Greece has a history that mainly coincides with that of the Byzantine Empire itself. After the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, Greece continued under the purview of the Byzantine Empire and is believed to have remained relatively prosperous and largely unaffected by the Migration Period. Greek culture became increasingly privileged in the early seventh century, during which time Greek became the empire's official language and Slavs were expelled from the Greek peninsula. Resettlement continued under Nicephorus I, who relocated Greek speakers from Anatolia to the Greek peninsula. The Macedonian dynasty ruled the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1056, and during their era, many prominent aristocrats emerged from Greece's themes. This period also saw towns and cities flourish within Greece; Thessalonica is hypothesized to have reached a population of 100,000, and other cities are believed to have had over 10,000 residents. After the Norman conquest of Sicily, Western Europeans came...

Read on Wikipedia · Image Author Spruner von Merz, Karl, 1803-1892 Date 1855, Public domain