Laliyini uMbuso WaseByzantium?
Context:Umbuso WaseByzantium, obizwa nangokuthi uMbuso WaseMpumalanga WaseRoma noma iByzantium, wawuwukuqhubeka koMbuso WaseRoma ikakhulukazi ezifundazweni zawo ezisempumalanga ngesikhathi seNkathi Ephakathi neNkathi Ephakathi, lapho inhlokodolobha yawo yayiyiConstantinople. Lasinda ekuqhekekeni nasekuweni koMbuso WaseNtshonalanga WaseRoma ngekhulu lesi-5 AD futhi laqhubeka likhona iminyaka eyinkulungwane eyengeziwe kwaze kwawa iConstantinople eMbusweni Wase-Ottoman ngo-1453. Phakathi nengxenye enkulu yokuphila kwayo, umbuso wahlala ungamandla amakhulu kwezomnotho, amasiko, nakwezempi eYurophu. Amagama athi "Umbuso WaseByzantium" nelithi "UMbuso WaseMpumalanga WaseRoma" aqalwa ngemuva kokuphela kombuso; izakhamizi zawo zaqhubeka zibhekisela embusweni wazo njengoMbuso WaseRoma futhi zizibiza ngamaRoma[note 2] - igama amaGrikhi aqhubeka nokuzisebenzisela wona ezikhathini zama-Ottoman. Nakuba umbuso wamaRoma waqhubeka futhi amasiko awo alondolozwa, izazi-mlando zanamuhla zikhetha ukuhlukanisa uMbuso WaseByzantium neRoma lasendulo njengoba wawugxile eConstantinople esikhundleni seRoma, wawugxile emasikweni amaGreki kunamaLatini, futhi wawuphawulwa ubuKristu bobu-Orthodox baseMpumalanga.
Ngemva kokuwa koMbuso WaseRoma ngekhulu lesi-5 AD, wahlukana waba izizwe eziningi. Ingxenye esempumalanga yoMbuso WaseRoma yaba uMbuso WaseByzantium, inhloko-dolobha yawo kwaba iConstantinople esikhundleni seRoma. Izakhamuzi zaseByzantium zaqhubeka zizibiza ngamaRoma, futhi zazikholelwa ukuthi zingamaRoma alandela umbuso wangaphambili, kodwa isiko lazo laligxile kakhulu esiGrekini kunaseLatinini. Umbuso WaseByzantium waqhubeka ungowesizwe esinamandla kunawo wonke eYurophu kwaze kwaba yilapho iConstantinople iwela eMbusweni Wase-Ottoman ngo-1453.