Eastern Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

Eastern Mediterranean Empire (395-1453)

Location: Balkans, Anatolia, Middle East, North Africa

Capital City: Constantinople

Government type: Absolute Monarchy

Main languages: Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Coptic

Main religions: Nicene Christianity

Note: The Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are the same country, but I've chosen to count them separately, using the 476 fall of the Western Roman Empire as the dividing line.

Chronology

395: Roman Empire split into Eastern and Western Empires after the death of Theodosius I

Currency

Solidus (395-498)

1 Solidus = 2 Semisses = 3 Tremisses = 12 Milarienses = 24 Siliquae = 180 Folles/Nummi

Coins from the Eastern Roman Empire in the collection

•1 Follis, 401-403 (Emperor Arcadius (395-408), bronze, Nicomedia mint, RIC X#91)