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Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων Basileía tōn Rhomaíōn IMPERIVM·ROMANORVM Empire of the Romans ← 330–1453 → Flag of the late Empire (ca. 1350) Imperial Emblem during the Palaiologos dynasty The Byzantine Empire under Justinian ca. 550 Capital Constantinople1 Language(s) Latin (until the 7th century), Greek Religion Roman paganism until 391, Orthodox Catholicism (Eastern Orthodoxy) thereafter Government Autocracy Emperor  - 306–337 Constantine the Great  - 1449–1453 Constantine XI Legislature Byzantine Senate Historical era Late Antiquity-Late Middle Ages  - Diocletian splits imperial administration between east and west 285  - Foundation of Constantinople2 May 11, 330  - The deposition of Romulus Augustulus, nominal emperor in the west, brings formal division of the Roman Empire to an end 476  - Pope Leo III, hostile to the rule of the Empress Irene, attempts to confer imperial authority on the Frankish king Charlemagne 800  - East-West Schism 1054  - Fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade 1204  - Fall of Constantinople3 May 29, 1453  - Fall of Trebizond 1461 Population  - 4th cent4 est. 34,000,000   - 8th cent (780 AD) est. 7,000,000   - 11th cent4 (1025 AD) est. 12,000,000   - 12th cent4 (1143 AD) est. 10,000,000   - 13th cent (1281 AD) est. 5,000,000  Currency Solidus, Hyperpyron 1 Constantinople (330–1204 and 1261–1453). The capital of the Empire of Nicaea, the empire after the Fourth Crusade, was at Nicaea, present day İznik, Turkey. 2 Establishment date traditionally considered to be the re-founding of Constantinople as the capital of the Roman Empire (324/330) although other dates are often used. 3Date of end universally regarded as 1453, despite the temporary survival of remnants in Morea and Trebizond. 4 See Population of the Byzantine Empire for more detailed figures taken provided by McEvedy and Jones, "Atlas of world population history", 1978, as well as Angeliki E. Laiou, "The Economic History of Byzantium", 2002. Warning: Value specified for "continent" does not comply

Byzantine Empire