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It was the Eastern side of when the Roman Empire broke apart. The capital was Constantinople. At its core were Greece and the Anatolian Peninsula, but the Empire also included Italy, Egypt, North Africa, the Middle East, Southern Spain, and Bulgaria during the course of its existence.

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AnswerByzantium [Βυζάντιο] is an ancient Greek colony of the city of Megara in Attica first founded at 667 BCE by Byzas. The city was located in the Golden Horn on the European shore of the Bosporus straight. In the course of time the place was selected by the Emperor of Rome Constantine I the Great as the New Rome capital city of the Roman Empire at 330 AD/ CE. After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire the city [Constantinople now] survived as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire that recovered the former territories of the Roman Empire and lasted as Byzantine Empire until 1453 AD/ CE the year that fell to the Ottoman Turks. The city was renamed as Istanbul and currently covers both shores of the Bosporus strait. MoreIn the ancient and medieval times, the city was on the north side, or European side of the Bosporus. Today, since it is on both sides, it is technically in two continents.
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It was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.

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