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Originally Posted by a mere housewife  Thanks Rev. Greco for the further information on both points.
I'd read that Julian was Byzantine when I initially read up on him but wondered about that before I posted today so rechecked on Wikipedia: it says many people date the Byzantine Empire from Constantine, others from Theodosius, and others from the last Roman emporer. I wasn't sure what view was involved in the course, but evidently the Constantine view is not the standard position, then. What would be more correct? |
I tend to view it as Theodosius, since there were more "dual" Emperors at that time. When there was one Emperor, like Constantine and Julian, it does not seem right to speak of a Byzantine Emperor (i.e. there would be no "Western" Emperor).
Here is a really good web resource on this:
Roman Emperors - DIR--De Imperatoribus Romanis Roman History Roman Roman Empire Imperator Basileus De Imperatoribus Romanis Encyclopedia Byzantine