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This history of the Byzantine Empire covers the history of the eastern Mediterranean empire from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD. Several events from the 4th to 6th centuries mark the transitional period during which the Roman Empire's east and west divided.
The Byzantine Empire was just the Eastern Roman Empire. Diocletian was the first to transfer the imperial household to the East. Constantine moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople (Byzantium). Until the fall of the Byzantine Empire the people called themselves romanoi So technically the end of the Roman Empire occurred in 1453 AD.